Querious planets6/10/2023 When some of the TRAPPIST planets are observed by the James Webb Space Telescope in the future, astronomers could learn if these planets have atmospheres and if so, what those atmospheres contain. This telescope is our next great detective in the universe Other NASA science and tech will be represented as well. It is being displayed for the public, free, January 27-February 5, 2017, at Super Bowl Live, in Houston, TX near Discovery Green. This photo shows Northrop Grumman's huge full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope. The TRAPPIST-1 system is a reminder that no two planetary systems are alike. In contrast, the planets in our solar system vary both in size and composition, including smaller rocky planets like Venus, Mercury and Earth and giant gaseous ones such as Jupiter and Saturn. The TRAPPIST-1 system includes seven planets, all rocky and similar in size to Earth – and the most planets like this found orbiting one star. The study published last week in The Planetary Science Journal. Given that these planets are about 8% less dense than Earth, researchers have taken a stab at trying to understand how much iron, oxygen, magnesium and silicon these planets contain. The planets, which are too small and faint to be seen by any current ground or space-based telescopes, have such similar densities that they may have equally similar compositions, new research has suggested. While some of the planets in this system will be observed by the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in October, researchers continue to uncover new details that make TRAPPIST-1 even more distinct. Just 40 light-years from Earth is a planetary system that has intrigued scientists since its discovery in 2016.
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