habitable planets

  • This Tiny Star Is Now The Best Place To Hunt For Alien Life

    This Tiny Star Is Now The Best Place To Hunt For Alien Life

    In a few years, powerful new telescopes will usher in a search for habitable worlds outside our solar system. And TRAPPIST-1 — a dim, tepid star just a smidge larger than Jupiter — is one of the first places we’ll look. It’s only 40 light years away, and it’s home to several promising, Earth-sized exoplanets.