Free Astronomy Magazine July-August 2016

4 With the instruments currently available to astronomers, the best chance of identifying a habitable extrasolar planet comes from ultracool dwarf systems. A group of researchers has now discovered the first of these systems, which surprisingly contains three Earth-sized exoplanets, one of which may offer very interesting climatic conditions. by Michele Ferrara PLANETOLOGY JULY-AUGUST 2016 The intrigui TRAPPIST-1