Sentences with phrase «planets around the star trappist»
Last week, NASA reported finding seven Earth - like planets around the star Trappist - 1.
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Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST - 1.
Other recent discoveries of nearby Earth - sized planets have been around red dwarf stars, including TRAPPIST - 1 and Proxima Centauri, but these create less favorable conditions for life.
Astronomers using the TRAPPIST - South telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal and the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, as well as other telescopes around the world [1], have now confirmed the existence of at least seven small planets orbiting the cool red dwarf star TRAPPIST - 1 [2].
It's been less than a year since astronomers detected seven planets around TRAPPIST - 1, a remarkable star system located 39 light years from Earth.
NASA just announced 7 rocky planets around the cool red star Trappist - 1 — and 3 of those orbit within the Habitable Zone (where surface liquid water would be possible).
From the moment that seven Earth - sized planets were discovered in orbit around TRAPPIST - 1 — an ultracool dwarf star located 39 light years away — astronomers have been busy trying to learn everything they can about this intriguing star system, particularly its potential to foster life.
Because the planets are in such close orbits around TRAPPIST - 1, some or all of them may be tidally locked, which means that they always present the same side to the star and the opposite side away from the star.
Scientists only announced less than a year ago that they had spotted seven small planets huddled around a star called TRAPPIST - 1.
«The planets in the habitable zone around nearby dwarf stars, like Proxima Centauri or TRAPPIST - 1, are exposed to strong stellar winds that could strip their atmospheres,» Loeb said.