James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST-1 planet
James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST-1 planet
phys.org James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST-1 planet
In a solar system called TRAPPIST-1, 40 light years from the sun, seven Earth-sized planets revolve around a cold star.
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Trappist…the Belgian Beer System?
(Dude, get up, we’re building a spaceship right now.)
4 0 ReplyIt was found using the space telescope Co-founded by the Liège (Belgium) University
Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST)
There's no way to be certain, but there may have been some correlation between the name sake and the teams preferred after work beverage.
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