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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: Exploring the TRAPPIST-1 System

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

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay: https://bit.ly/3JIZkt6

Duration: 2 minutes, 39 seconds

Release Date: February 22, 2022

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