Tough no atmosphere seems to be present on this planet, the reason is it's temperature.
James Webb Space Telescope has found the temperature of rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b to be about 450º F (227º C), suggesting that the planet has no substantial atmosphere.
Do you think that there is any Earth-twin out there? What should be the main characteristics we should look for?
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Image credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/J. Olmsted
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