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TRAPPIST-1 Atmospheres

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Julien de Wit22 February 2017

Science / Astronomy

De Wit uses Hubble spectra to test atmospheres of Earth-sized TRAPPIST-1 planets and finds no evidence for thick hydrogen envelopes on the inner worlds.

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Julien de Wit

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