So, NASA just found a bunch of earth-sized planets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 star, three of which are in the goldilocks zone. Saw some nice artist impressions in the press conference. They should be available at the NASA website. More here.
With a bonus Pluto discussion at the end where I almost completely agree. Note : I don’t think having more planets is a bad thing -- after all we just added a few more planets to our lists of knowledge today.
Rob Grigjanis says
So, NASA just found a bunch of earth-sized planets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 star, three of which are in the goldilocks zone. Saw some nice artist impressions in the press conference. They should be available at the NASA website. More here.
Nathan says
Thanks for that, Rob. Now I know what my next Astronomy Pictures post is gonna be…
StevoR says
@ ^ Rob Grigjanis & Nathan :
There’s a good informative blog article about that here :
http://cosmicdiary.org/fmarchis/2017/02/22/wonderful-potentially-habitable-worlds-around-trappist-1/
Plus the always excellent BadAstronomer’s take on it here :
http://www.blastr.com/2017-2-22/exoplanet-news-seven-earth-sized-planets-found-orbiting-nearby-star
As well as this entertaining interview with astrophysicist Brad Tucker from the Australian National University here :
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2017/s4625388.htm
With a bonus Pluto discussion at the end where I almost completely agree. Note : I don’t think having more planets is a bad thing -- after all we just added a few more planets to our lists of knowledge today.