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TRAPPIST-1: Multiple Chances for Life! | Moiya McTier

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February 24, 2017

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Astronomers just announced the discovery of seven Earth-sized transiting planets around TRAPPIST-1! Cool Worlds Lab astronomer Moiya McTier explains why this is so exciting, what we know and don't know so far, and what the prospects for life are in this fascinating system.

::More about this Video::

► Gillon et al. (2017), "Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST1"

► O'MalleyJames & Kaltenegger (2017), "UV Surface Habitability of the TRAPPIST1 System"

► TRAPPIST-1 website: www.trappist.one

► Moiya McTier's website

► Outro music by Taylor Davis

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