Astronomers Find Three Earth-Like Planets Just 40 Light Years Away
- 8 years ago
Astronomers working with the TRAPPIST telescope in Belgium recently announced they found three planets outside of our solar system to look for life.
The search for life beyond our solar system hasn’t produced much in the way of results, but astronomers working with the TRAPPIST telescope in Belgium recently announced they found three great places to look.
The trio of planets circles an ultracool dwarf star, known as TRAPPIST-1, and is located just 40 light years from Earth.
While it’s highly irregular for such a dim host to have bodies revolving around it, the three that are appear to be doing well.
Their orbits are quite tight, but due to the lesser power of the dwarf star, their temperatures have been determined to be similar to those here and on Venus.
Though amount of radiation hitting 2 of them puts the orbs outside of the system’s habitable zone, resear
The search for life beyond our solar system hasn’t produced much in the way of results, but astronomers working with the TRAPPIST telescope in Belgium recently announced they found three great places to look.
The trio of planets circles an ultracool dwarf star, known as TRAPPIST-1, and is located just 40 light years from Earth.
While it’s highly irregular for such a dim host to have bodies revolving around it, the three that are appear to be doing well.
Their orbits are quite tight, but due to the lesser power of the dwarf star, their temperatures have been determined to be similar to those here and on Venus.
Though amount of radiation hitting 2 of them puts the orbs outside of the system’s habitable zone, resear