To celebrate this exciting discovery, NASA commissioned a series of very snazzy posters illustrating the similarities with our own solar system and advertising TRAPPIST-1 as a travel destination.

If you're looking for an ultra-long vacation to an ultra-small dwarf star, a new NASA travel poster has just the trip for you: a star trek (get it?) to TRAPPIST-1e!

The tiny solar system, no bigger than Jupiter and its moons, has inspired a Google Doodle, a NASA travel poster and VR experience, science fiction, cartoons, songs and paintings.

The tiny solar system, no bigger than Jupiter and its moons, has inspired a Google Doodle, a NASA travel poster and VR experience, science fiction, cartoons, songs and paintings.

Trappist-1 is a fascinating exoplanetary system. Seven worlds orbiting a red dwarf star just 40 light-years away. All of the worlds are similar to Earth in mass and size, and three or four of them ...

TRAPPIST-1 is 39 light-years away from Earth, or about 229 trillion miles (369 trillion kilometers). It would take 39 years to get to its current location traveling at the speed of light.

Just how a team of five Belgian scientists discovered one of the most remarkable planetary systems – and named it after their favorite beer – is a story of ingenuity, persistence and luck.

Earlier this year, NASA made headlines when they reported the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets just 40 light years away. Three of the TRAPPIST-1 planets are within the star's habitable zone ...

Updated: 6:12 AM CDT Mar 13, 2017 By: Erin McLaughlin, CNN Belgian astronomers who found planetary system named it after beer Updated: 6:12 AM CDT Mar 13, 2017 ...