The following two sentences encapsulate an incredible feat in the advancement of human discovery:
TRAPPIST-1 is a planetary system, located 12 parsecs away from the Solar system (39 light years), near the ecliptic, within the constellation of Aquarius. Around a star which is 12 times less massive than the Sun and only slightly larger than Jupiter, there are at least seven planets in orbit.
This system has its own domain name; trappist.one — see also, the New York Times, and the paper in Nature.
We live in amazing times.
