by Gabe Zaldivar
Last updated: 11:00 AM ET, Fri February 24, 2017
NASA paints quite the picture: "Take a trip with the Exoplanet Travel Bureau to the fourth planet in the TRAPPIST-1 system, TRAPPIST-1e, a world swimming in water in perpetual twilight. Its sister planets gracefully light up the sky, promising another adventure just a hop away."
Forget Hawaii, because now we want to cryosleep until TRAPPIST-1e
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A poster is one thing, but we want to actually enjoy the sights and sounds. Well, NASA is helping with the sights part with the following 360-degree view of an imagined version of TRAPPIST-1d.
Despite the amazing discovery, there is still a great deal to learn about the system. Researchers know that it's about 40 light-years away and features an ultra-cool dwarf.
So, the above images are just artist interpretations of what life might be like on these possibly rocky, possibly water laden planets.
The only thing left to do now is to invent some really fast shuttles to get there.
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