NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single Star
Seven Earth-sized planets have been observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope around a tiny, nearby, ultra-cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. Three of these planets are firmly in the habitable zone. Credits: NASA Watch this video on YouTube This illustration shows the possible surface of TRAPPIST-1f, one of the newly discovered planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Scientists using the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes have discovered that there are seven Earth-size planets in the system. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech View this and many more images, as well as several videos, in an extensive multimedia gallery highlighting this discovery. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star . Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water. The discovery sets a new record for grea...