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[victreeb3l]

That's amazing :O

 

[Mohonky]

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...h-of-earth-size-habitable-zone-planets-around

E, F, G are in the habitable zone.

E and F look pretty earthlike if those pics are anything to go by

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...h-of-earth-size-habitable-zone-planets-around

E, F, G are in the habitable zone.

Yo, the mock-up of E looks just like an extraterrestrial image of Earth. Fingers crossed for that one.

 

[Dreez]

Dang whatever aliens live over there are hella spoiled w/ 3 habitable planets. BOO!!!

 

[Jezan]

One of the planets is water rich, and has ice on the other side. Imagine earth, but half of it was antarctica.

OMG is this confirmed?
Awesome news!!!

 

[a Master Ninja]

Sweet poster.

 

[Tempy]

Speculoos.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Ancient Aliens has some new material.

 

[daveo42]

F seems like it's the best bet for a replacement Earth with it being water rich while E is more temperature-like to Earth. Nine day transit tho is insane.

 

[AlexBasch]

Ancient Aliens has some new material.

Here's hoping Tsoukalos didn't cut his hair or he'll be out of a job.

 

[Par Score]

JWST can't get up there soon enough.

It's going to expand space science by a Hubble-like magnitude.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Travel Poster by NASA. It is astronomically accurate. You'd see those planets in that way if you were in that place.

 

[fanboi]

James please don't crash and burn please please please please please.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

JWST can't get up there soon enough.

It's going to expand space science by a Hubble-like magnitude.

I know! I can't bloody wait!

 

[daveo42]

James Webb can't come soon enough.

 

[DoubleYou]

Planet Namek is real

 

[Fersis]

Elon Musk: "Hold my beer ..."

 

[sono]

Three earth size planets discovered in the goldilocks zone around the same star - the Trappist 1 system.

The planets are also accordingly relatively close to each other so you would see the others in the night sky, clearly.

 

[The Elite]

Travel Poster by NASA. It is astronomically accurate. You'd see those planets in that way if you were in that place.

I want to go to there.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I just hope the inhabitants of these planets are more welcoming to immigrants than we are.

 

[RyanardoDaVinci]

James please don't crash and burn please please please please please.

It won't.

It'll just not work once it's out there.

 

[N.Domixis]

Travel Poster by NASA. It is astronomically accurate. You'd see those planets in that way if you were in that place.

Can't believe they are that close. I guess science fiction is right again.

 

[Alexlf]

The JWST NEEDS to make it to space safely. Goodness, can you imagine if they detect synthetic gasses in the air? We might get evidence of aliens before I die after all, or at least proof that it's possible.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Trump: "It's totes okay to ruin our planet now!"

 

[Cake Boss]

EA has gone too far with its Mass Effect marketing.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Travel Poster by NASA. It is astronomically accurate. You'd see those planets in that way if you were in that place.

That is so fucking cool.

 

[Morts]

Where's the kickstarter for the probe?

 

[AlexBasch]

Travel Poster by NASA. It is astronomically accurate. You'd see those planets in that way if you were in that place.

Good god, it's lovely.

 

[GK86]

Comparing our solar system to theirs:

 

[Lan Dong Mik]

sure would be cool if someone could figure out a way to travel there without it taking a thousand years. cmon humans!! surely someone on this planet can figure out how to fold space and unlock interstellar travel!

 

[Alebrije]

Travel Poster by NASA. It is astronomically accurate. You'd see those planets in that way if you were in that place.

 

[The Elite]

Comparing our solar system to theirs:

Is the star much smaller than ours? How can they be so close and not roast?

 

[The Technomancer]

Holy shit

 

[Alexlf]

Is the star much smaller than hours? How can they be so close and not roast?

The star is much cooler and more stable than ours.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Belgian beers as names for the planets. YES DO IT!

 

[N.Domixis]

Is the star much smaller than ours? How can they be so close and not roast?

Look at the charts, it's small

 

[The Elite]

The star is much cooler and more stable than ours.

Fascinating.

 

[Jack Scofield]

Can you imagine how crazy it would be to live in a solar system with multiple planets with intelligent life? Early telescopes would look at other planets and see civilisations.

 

[daveo42]

So no actual confirmation of water on any of the habitable zone planets, just speculation that one might.

 

[Tempy]

Is the star much smaller than ours? How can they be so close and not roast?

They showed an earlier comparison picture where a basketball represented our sun, and a golf ball represented the Trappist-1 star.

 

[kingocfs]

This is the best Mass Effect marketing yet.

 

[TheRealTalker]

3 in the habitable zone

which means Earth vs the 3 Planet Alliance

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

I can't wait for 2018, and we can point the James Webb Space Telescope at this system.

 

[John Rabbit]

Is the star much smaller than ours? How can they be so close and not roast?

From: http://time.com/4677103/nasa-announcement-new-solar-system/

Trappist-1, however, is nothing like the sun. It's what's known as a red dwarf, a very small, comparatively cool star, barely 11% of the radius of our sun and less than half its 10,000º F (5,500º C) surface temperature. Historically, astronomers ignored red dwarfs in their search for habitable planets. If the only star you know of that has given rise to life is a larger, yellow, so-called M class sun like ours, why look at ones that are so much smaller and cooler? But if you huddle up close to an M dwarf you can soak up all the light and warmth you need. What's more, there are at least three time more red dwarfs in the galaxy than all other classes of stars combined.

 

[VegaShinra]

Considering the close proximity of the planets, shouldn't there be a bit of a tug and pull on them to make them tectonic and possibly highly volcanic?

 

[Wheeljack539]

7 Earth-sized. 3 of which in the habitable zone, and might contain water.

Holy shit. All around a single start with 3 in the goldilocks zone? That really is mindblowing.

Spoiler

That is some Twelve Colonies of Kobol shit there.

 

[theWB27]

This is some beautiful stuff. Damn I hope they find something.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

If those planets were that close to Earth like in their system we'd have interplanetary travel already. Crazy

 

[GK86]

"100 miracles needed" to get to this system. Damn.

 

[Relix]

I am never going to experience this