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Artistic rendering of the temperate exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e which is possibly habitable. It represents the ultimate quest for the Disruptive Planets group led by Julien de Wit, namely the discovery of habitable and possibly inhabited worlds beyond the edge of the Solar System.
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Picture of the Artemis telescope, first of the exoplanet survey SPECULOOS in the Northen hemisphere. Located in Tenerife (Spain), it was built by Julien de Wit's and Michael Gillon's groups.
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IN THE NEWS

Newly discovered Earth-sized planet
may lack an atmosphere

MIT News by Jennifer Chu

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Circling a cold, Jupiter-sized star, the new world could offer an unobstructed view of its surface composition and history.

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MIT News by Jennifer Chu

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The new world is the second-lightest planet discovered to date.

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Astronomers spot a giant planet 
as light as cotton candy

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A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets, MIT study finds

MIT News by Jennifer Chu

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A low carbon abundance in planetary atmospheres, which the James Webb Space Telescope can detect, could be a signature of habitability.

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