In February 2017, NASA blowed everyone's mind with the shocking discovery of seven earth sized planets revolving around a star smaller than our Sun. This discovery filled our hearts full of joy and excitements which also brought a common question popping in our head 'ARE WE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE?' Although we don't have any answer for that question, lets find out what we have discovered and the things NASA has revealed about the newly discovered planetary system.
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| TRAPPIST-1 Planetary System |
TRAPPIST-1 is a planetary system, located 39 light years away from the Solar system, near the ecliptic, within the constellation of Aquarius. There are at least seven planets in the orbit around a star which is 12 times less massive than the Sun and only slightly larger than Jupiter. The initial discovery was made by TRAPPIST, the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope. Additional planets were subsequently identified using TRAPPIST and the Spitzer space telescope, the Very Large Telescope, UKIRT, the Liverpool Telescope and the William Herschel Telescope.
