TRAPPIST-1

18 Apr
2018
April 18, 2018

Alien Skies: The View from TRAPPIST-1e

Science fiction stories in movies and television set on other worlds frequently present views of spectacular arrangements of moons, looming giant planets and multiple suns of […]
Astronomy, Extrasolar Planets
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27 Feb
2017
February 27, 2017

The (Potentially) Habitable Planets of TRAPPIST-1

While NASA’s recent announcement of the discovery of seven Earth-size exoplanets found orbiting the nearby ultracool dwarf star known as TRAPPIST-1 was exciting enough, the fact […]
Astrobiology, Astronomy, Extrasolar Planets, Planetary Habitability
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25 Feb
2017
February 25, 2017

Habitable Planet Reality Check: The Seven Planets of TRAPPIST-1

When hearing claims about the potential habitability of newly discovered exoplanets, the old adage “if it seems too good to be true, it probably is not […]
Astrobiology, Astronomy, Extrasolar Planets, Planetary Habitability
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3 May
2016
May 3, 2016

Habitable Planet Reality Check: TRAPPIST-1

In recent years we have witnessed a veritable flood of extrasolar planetary discoveries from NASA’s Kepler mission which watches for regular decreases in a star’s brightness […]
Astrobiology, Astronomy, Extrasolar Planets, Planetary Habitability
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