Tag: Trappist 1

Washington: Finding signs of life on the earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system and on Saturn’s moon Enceladus are among the science targets that NASA’s James Webb space telescope has following its launch and commissioning, mission officials have announced. These specific observations are part of a programme of Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO), which provides dedicated […]

Washington: Using NASA’s Kepler space telescope, scientists have confirmed that the outermost and least understood planet in the TRAPPIST-1 system orbits its star every 19 days. Scientists announced that the TRAPPIST-1 system has seven Earth-sized planets at a NASA press conference on February 22. NASA’s Spitzer space telescope, the TRAPPIST (Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small […]