NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: Exploring the TRAPPIST-1 System
During its first operating cycle, the James Webb Space Telescope will set its sights on the TRAPPIST-1 system, an incredible collection of seven rocky exoplanets 41 light years away from Earth.
Astrobiologists, like Dr. Giada Arney from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, are excited about this system because TRAPPIST-1 is a perfect laboratory for studying habitability! It consists of seven rocky planets, distributed across the system’s habitable zone, or the area around a star where it is not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to exist on the surface of surrounding planets. Webb will characterize the atmospheres of these planets and help scientists learn more about planetary formation and habitability.
Learn more about Webb’s mission: http://webb.nasa.gov
Learn more about the search for life: http://astrobiology.nasa.gov
Credit: NASA Astrobiology
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Duration: 2 minutes, 39 seconds
Release Date: February 22, 2022
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