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The 7 rocky TRAPPIST-1 planets may be made of similar stuff
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The red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 is home to the largest group of roughly Earth-size planets ever found in a single stellar system.
Located about 40 light-years away, these seven rocky siblings provide an example of the tremendous variety of planetary systems that likely fill the universe.
A new study published in the Planetary Science Journal shows that the TRAPPIST-1 planets have remarkably similar densities.
That could mean they all contain about the same ratio of materials thought to compose most rocky planets, like iron, oxygen, magnesium, and silicon.
Read more about Just 40 light years away, 7 Earth-like planets with similar compositions on Business Standard. A new research published in The Planetary Science Journal has now evoked a renewed interest in the system, with astronomers finding that the exoplanets have remarkably similar densities
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