We hate to further quash hopes that the TRAPPIST-1 star system can harbor life, but… it’s not looking great. Researchers have determined that the dwarf star is between 5.4 billion years old and 9.8 billion years old, or considerably older than the 4.5 billion years of the Solar System. That age isn’t necessarily bad, but […]
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NASA offers first look at planet-rich Trappist-1 star system
NASA was quick to offer conceptual images of Trappist-1 and its abundance of Earth-sized planets. But what does the star system look like, really? At last, now we know… sort of. As part of a raw data release, NASA has offered a simple, 11-by-11 pixel animation that shows the dwarf star as it was on […]
‘Unlocking their secrets’: NASA to search for life on TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets
Published time: 4 Mar, 2017 11:04Edited time: 4 Mar, 2017 11:14 Seven recently-revealed exoplanets found orbiting a star 39 light-years from Earth will be searched for signs of life using NASA’s soon-to-be launched space telescope, according to the space agency. Last last month, NASA revealed that three of the seven planets lie inside the ‘habitable […]
Elite: Dangerous ‘predicted’ the discovery of the Trappist-1 system
Sort of. Developers found something very similar after NASA’s announcement. Continue reading… Polygon – All
