Jesuit scientist discusses major NASA space find
(Vatican Radio) The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration of the United States – NASA – made an announcement this week
about a major astronomical discovery: seven planets orbiting a star, three of
which are in the so-called “habitable zone” of the solar system some 40
light-years from Earth.
Scientists have named the star TRAPPIST 1 – an acronym for
the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope, which is located in
Chile and was the instrument chiefly used in the original discovery of the
system, the planets of which are identified simply as TRAPPIST b-h.
No other known system contains so many Earth-sized and
probably rocky planets.
Scientists say they need to study the planets’ atmospheres
before determining whether they are capable of supporting life.
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