Exoplanet 40 light years from Earth may have right conditions for life

 

Artist’s impression of the planet TRAPPIST-1e. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Joel Kontinen

Some evolutionists think that a Trappist star system could harbour life. TRAPPIST-1 is a small red dwarf star with at least seven planets.

 Found in 2016, it is situated 40 light years from us. It  lies within the Goldilocks zone where life is expected  to flourish. and it may have a  nitrogen-rich atmosphere like Earth’s.

TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf, it is much cooler than our own sun, making the readings more complex. For instance, chemicals like water that could indicate a hospitable atmosphere might actually be present in the star itself.  

But intelligent design might not be present on the exoplanet, that would make it not habitable for life.

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Matthew Sparkes 2025 Exoplanet 40 light years from Earth may have right conditions for life | New Scientist 8 September 

Stellar flares may hamper search for life in promising star system

 

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Joel Kontinen

Some planets are formed that they have life. But only exoplanets tend not to have it. The latest case is the Trappist 1 saga which probably has none.

Astronomers have been trying to detect atmospheres on planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, but bursts of radiation from the star make this challenging.

The search for atmospheres around the TRAPPIST-1 star system, one of the most promising locations for life elsewhere in the galaxy, might be even more difficult than astronomers first thought because of short-lived radiation blasts from the star.

TRAPPIST-1, first discovered in 2016, is a small red dwarf star about 40 light years from Earth with at least seven planets orbiting it. It is a prime target for astronomers hoping to detect extraterrestrial life because several of its planets appear to sit in a habitable zone where temperatures are just right for liquid water.

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Alex Wilkins 2025 Stellar flares may hamper search for life in promising star system | New Scientist 23 June

Search for alien transmissions in promising star system draws a blank

 

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Joel Kontinen

Astronomers listened for radio signals emanating from planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system, but found no evidence of any interplanetary communications

When would we hear about foreign civilisations?

A search for aliens communicating between planets in one of the most promising systems to look for life has come up empty.

Discovered in 2017, TRAPPIST-1 is a system of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a red dwarf star much dimmer than our sun, about 40 light years away. The planets all orbit closer than Mercury does to our sun and pass in front of their star from our point of view. Three of the planets orbit in the star’s habitable zone, where liquid water can exist.

So the Trappist-1 system does not bode well for transmissions among the planets. . Only God can give life to a planet and its inhabitants.

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Jonathan O’Callaghan 2024. Search for alien transmissions in promising TRAPPIST-1 star system draws a blank | New Scientist 26 September.

 

 

Trappist-1 System Could Likely Host an Earth-Like Ocean World – Or Not

Image courtesy of ESO, CC BY 4.0.



Joel Kontinen

The Trappist-1, consisting of seven planets that circle a M dwarf star, family of stars that has dominated the astronomy circles. These alien worlds might be bombarded with intense solar radiation and they are probably tidally locked like Mercury in our solar system, with the same side always facing its sun.

Recently, the astronomers who "updated climate models for the exoplanets” have come with an explanation.

At first, since the planets were hailed as uninhabited, Then, water was obviously found in some of them. However, this cannot create life.

Now, we are getting more news of Trappist e: the planet that can hold water on a large scale. However, water and a source of heat can’t create life.

In contrast, our world is special. God created Earth and filled it with life, just like Genesis tells us.


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TRAPPIST-1 system likely hosts Earth-like ocean world. Financial Express (22.11.).