NASA's James Webb peers into the atmosphere of rocky exoplanet
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About 40 light-years away, a planetary system consisting of seven rocky exoplanets orbiting a single star, called TRAPPIST-1, has particularly intrigued scientists. Now, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the researchers calculated the amount of heat energy emitted by one of the exoplanets in this system called TRAPPIST-1 c. The findings suggest the exoplanet could have an "extremely thin" atmosphere, devoid of carbon dioxide.