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TRAPPIST-1 could make or break the extended push to make red dwarfs an astrobiological priority
TRAPPIST-1 could make or break the extended push to make red dwarfs an astrobiological priority
Within just 50 light-years from Earth, there are about 1,560 stars, likely orbited by several thousand planets. About a…
This artist's impression shows a view of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to…
What does it mean to find something in a place we just don’t expect to find it? The post Pickerel Frogs and Proxima-b appeared…
The 2015 discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 system, with its seven Earth-sized planets, has redirected much of the exoplanet search…
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An extraordinary planetary system made headlines in February when astronomers revealed no less than seven planets, all roughly…
The recently discovered TRAPPIST-1 planetary system has a unique configuration, according to new research from the University…
Written speculation about life beyond the confines of Earth dates back thousands of years, to the time of the Greek…
Written speculation about life beyond the confines of Earth dates back thousands of years, to the time of the Greek…
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If the TRAPPIST-1 system ever harbored life, models suggest a high probability that life could hop between its planets.Image…
Planetary Science is, in many ways, a study of the Earth. The same physical and chemical processes that operate on our home…
See that black and white blob? That amorphous arrangement of pixels? That's the newly discovered TRAPPIST-1 system, current…
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This artist’s conception shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about their diameters…
http://arxiv.org/abs/1703.01424 One focus of modern astronomy is to detect temperate terrestrial exoplanets well-suited…
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Scientists have discovered seven Earth-sized planets, resembling a minature solar system.
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Far into space, amongst the darkest Sea New planets sit like marbles in a row. We turn our eyes to find out what might be And…
Far into space, amongst the darkest Sea New planets sit like marbles in a row. We turn our eyes to find out what might be And…
Exoplanets found orbiting Trappist-1 raise hope that the hunt for alien life beyond the solar system can start much sooner than…
Fondato nel 1892 da Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé, l'ordine dei trappisti si è diffuso un po' in tutta Europa e anche in…
Seven Earth-size planets have been found to orbit a dwarf star 40 light-years away. Finding life as we know it there would mean…
Astronomer har upptäckt ett underbart och märkligt överdådigt solsystem som ligger bara 40 ljusår från vårt. Vad är det…
NASA have found 7 new Earth-like planets.
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In yesterday’s news conference on the seven planets around TRAPPIST-1, exoplanet scientist Sara Seager (MIT) pointed to the…
OUR SEVEN SISTERSBackground. Seven planets whose surfaces could harbor liquid water have been spotted around a nearby dwarf star…
OUR SEVEN SISTERSBackground. Seven planets whose surfaces could harbor liquid water have been spotted around a nearby dwarf star…
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The TRAPPIST-1 star, an ultracool red dwarf located 12 parsecs from the Sun, has seven Earth-size planets orbiting it. This…
SCOPERTE – Abbiamo trovato sette sorelle della Terra. Michael Gillon, a capo del telescopio Trappist e ricercatore dell’Universit…
Planet-hunters are always on the lookout for worlds that look like Earth—rocky planets that are not too hot and not too cold…
Title: Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1Authors: Michaël Gillon, Amaury H. M.
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From NASA: NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star.
Un système de 7 planètes de la taille de la Terre munies d'atmosphères et la moitié situées en "zone habitable" autour de leur ét…
Enlarge (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Less than a year ago, an international team of astronomers put the star TRAPPIST-1 in the…