There are promising signs that one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 star system, which lies about 40 light years from Earth, has an atmosphere capable of supporting life.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495349-exoplanet-40-light-years-from-earth-may-have-right-conditions-for-life/
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The year is 2066, the first manned vessel arrives in TRAPPIST-1. A final message is transmitted back to earth before communication ceases:
*it’s a trap!*
Another misleading headline. From the actual [paper](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/adf62e):
>We do not obtain strong evidence for or against an atmosphere.