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Exploring Survival on TRAPPIST Planets
39 light-years from Earth lies the TRAPPIST-1 star, illuminating seven Earth-sized exoplanets. These planets, packed tightly, are fascinatingly close to their star, with three potentially habitable.
Join explorer Chase as he rates these celestial bodies, exploring which are most suitable for life and which are perilously deadly. Discover the unimaginable ‘What If’ scenarios within the TRAPPIST system.
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