Stig Östlund

fredag, februari 24, 2017

Earth-Size Planets: The Newest, Weirdest Generation

Click --> Earth-Size Planets: The Newest, Weirdest Generation: A bumper crop of Earth-size planets huddled around a red dwarf star could be little more than chunks of rock blasted by radiation, or cloud-covered worlds as broiling hot as Venus.



Illustration shows the seven planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1
This illustration shows the seven planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, and ultra-cool dwarf star, as they might look as viewed from Earth using a fictional, incredibly powerful telescope.
Credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech

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