James Webb Found Something Exciting on TRAPPIST-1e

This new discovery on TRAPPIST-1e could make it the most Earth-like planet ever discovered.
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You might have heard of TRAPPIST-1. Discovered in 2017, this system of rocky planets orbiting a red dwarf star has been hailed as the most promising place to search for life outside our solar system.

And now, one of these planets has just got even more exciting. New observations from the James Webb Telescope reveal the most compelling evidence yet: planet TRAPPIST-1e might have an Earth-like atmosphere. Join us to see what JWST found and why this could be huge.

You can check out Astrum's previous video on the TRAPPIST-1 system here: https://youtu.be/vKg8GUgSQG0

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0:00 TRAPPIST-1e
2:01 The TRAPPIST-1 System
5:03 JWST Observations
7:32 TRAPPIST-1e’s Atmosphere
13:05 Red Dwarf Star Flares
15:46 Could It Be Habitable?
17:44 What’s Next?

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References:
“TRAPPIST-1 Is Older Than Our Solar System”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/trappist1nasa
“All About TRAPPIST-1”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/trappistfacts
“The TRAPPIST-1 Star”, via stellarcatalog.com https://astrumspace.info/trappist1_star
“Temperate Earth-Sized Planets Transiting a Nearby Ultracool Dwarf Star”, via eso.org https://astrumspace.info/trappistdiscovery
“JWST Transmission Spectroscopy of Trappist-1 e”, via iop.org https://astrumspace.info/trappist1e
“JWST’s Secondary Atmosphere Constraints for TRAPPIST-1 e”, via iop.org https://astrumspace.info/trappist1e_atm
“Homogeneous model for the TRAPPIST-1e planet”, via aanda.org https://astrumspace.info/trappist1e_model
“Possible Planetary Atmospheres in the TRAPPIST-1 System”, via springer.com https://astrumspace.info/trappistplanets
“Frequent flaring in the TRAPPIST-1 system”, via arxiv.org https://astrumspace.info/trappist1flares
“Predicted Habitability and Radio Emission of TRAPPIST-1e”, via aanda.org https://astrumspace.info/trappist1e_hab

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Writer: Chris Bartlett
Video Editor: Nick Shishkin
Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava
Script Editor: Damaris McColgan
Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard
Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner
Production Manager: Raquel Taylor
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan
Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan

With special thanks to:
Dr. Ward Howard - University of Colorado Boulder
Dr. Néstor Espinoza - Space Telescope Science Institute
Dr. Ryan McDonald - University of St. Andrew’s
Dr. Ana Glidden - MIT
NASA/ESO/ESA

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