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Brief summary: Seven earth-sized planets found around M-star (red dwarf) TRAPPIST-1 40 ly away, three in the habitable zone, all with some potential for liquid
by cgriswald 10y ago
Brief summary: Seven earth-sized planets found around M-star (red dwarf) TRAPPIST-1 40 ly away, three in the habitable zone, all with some potential for liquid water.
HN discussion w/ Nature article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13707547 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13707547
Paper on Nature (paywall?): http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v542/n7642/full/nature21360.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v542/n7642/full/nature2...
SIMBAD entry for TRAPPIST-1: http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=trappist-1 http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=trappist-1
Edit: Added links.
- dmix 10y ago@NASA: "New record! We’ve found 7 Earth-sized planets in the habitable zone around a single star outside our solar system: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-telescope-reveals-largest-batch-of-earth-size-habitable-zone-planets-around/ https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-telescope-reveals-la... " https://twitter.com/NASA/status/834464283337560068 https://twitter.com/NASA/status/834464283337560068