"James Webb Space Telescope Challenges Assumption of Abundant Habitable Planets"

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has not found evidence of a thick atmosphere on the rocky exoplanets TRAPPIST-1 b and c, but the search for habitable worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system is not over. While the innermost planets are likely bare rock due to the proximity to their host star, new theoretical studies suggest that the planets in the habitable zone, such as TRAPPIST-1 e and f, may still have retained their atmospheres. Further observations and studies are needed to determine if there are habitable worlds in the TRAPPIST system and what this means for the prevalence of life in the galaxy.