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TRAPPIST-1e has about 69% of the mass of Earth, and its temperature can be close to Earth’s in the presence of a greenhouse effect. Scientists plan to increase the number of observations to twenty transits, which will allow them to draw more confident conclusions.
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The discovery has major implications for astronomy: for the first time, JWST has begun a serious search for habitable conditions on Earth-like exoplanets.
