November 2018
How many people does it take to colonise an exoplanet?
...therefore is a useful guideline but not a strict, definitive number for colonisation projects. Artist’s concept of the surface of TRAPPIST-1f, an exoplanet about 40 light years from Earth. Cows in space? Sending a ship laden with frozen embryos could...
April 2019
Scanning the skies for exoplanets
... that TESS will be capable of finding. Like the pioneering ground-based transit surveys such as MEarth and TRAPPIST, which have already found some of the most remarkable planetary systems known today around nearby M dwarf...
14 December 2017
AI detects eighth planet orbiting distant sun
... in an extremely stable system with four of its neighbouring planets by their mutual gravity – a system that is reminiscent of TRAPPIST-1 set of planets. “These results demonstrate the enduring value of Kepler’s mission,” said Jessie Dotson, Kepler...
11 April 2018
Revealing planet formation processes with SPHERE
With the discover of systems such as TRAPPIST-1 and Kepler-90, it has become clear that planetary systems are as diverse as the planets that inhabit them. ...
25 January 2021
Unique six-exoplanet system challenges theories of how planets form
...-178 system is a key discovery as its planets are in one of the longest chain of resonances yet discovered (the TRAPPIST-1 system is another such example); the five outer planets follow a 18:9:6:4:3 chain, meaning that the second planet...
23 June 2021
Exoplanets with Earth-like biospheres may be rare
... enough energy to even activate photosynthesis. This could be a blow for those hoping to find signs of life around TRAPPIST-1, a system with 7 Earth-sized planets, three of which reside in its habitable zone, that lies around 40 light...
