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TRAPPIST-1 caught stripping atmosphere of possibly habitable exoplanet

Posted by ChingShih
Tags: astronomy, discoveries, trappist, james webb space telescope, science.planetary, planets.exo, author.robert lea, source.space
https://www.space.com/trappist-1-exoplanet-habitability-atmospheric-stripping

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Title
Possibly habitable Trappist-1 exoplanet caught destroying its own atmosphere
Authors
Robert Lea
Published
Feb 28 2024

6 comments

  1. [3]
    Hollow
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    Isn't this what's thought happened to Mars? It used to have liquid water and an atmosphere, but its magnetosphere stopped working and its atmosphere got stripped off, so its water evaporated.

    Isn't this what's thought happened to Mars? It used to have liquid water and an atmosphere, but its magnetosphere stopped working and its atmosphere got stripped off, so its water evaporated.

    8 votes
    1. [2]
      FlippantGod
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      ↑ Didn't read the article. It agrees with you.

      ↑ Didn't read the article. It agrees with you.

      5 votes
      1. Hollow
        Link Parent
        I did, but only the first two sections.

        I did, but only the first two sections.

        6 votes
  2. Kopper
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    It would be wild for humanity to eventually reach that planet only to find we were a few millennia late of witnessing life on it.

    It would be wild for humanity to eventually reach that planet only to find we were a few millennia late of witnessing life on it.

    7 votes
  3. [2]
    OBLIVIATER
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    I think the United States should enforce sanctions on Trappist-1 until it agrees to stop stripping the atmosphere.

    I think the United States should enforce sanctions on Trappist-1 until it agrees to stop stripping the atmosphere.

    12 votes
    1. BashCrandiboot
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      Ah man, but that's where I get my fidget spinners.

      Ah man, but that's where I get my fidget spinners.

      2 votes