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placeA star system with seven planets smaller than Earth, located around the star TRAPPIST-1.
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So scientists have been looking at an exoplanet, so that's a planet that exists in a solar system that isn't our own, called Trappist-1e. And it's a rocky planet like Earth. It's a similar size to Earth. And it exists in the habitable zone around its sun. And its sun is called Trappist-1. Caroline explains that scientists have discovered that the planet Trappist-1e exists in the habitable zone around its sun.
And some of them are more promising spots to look for life than others, like this exoplanet called TRAPPIST-1e.
A very exciting system, for example, is TRAPPIST-1, which has seven planets which are smaller than the Earth.