SETI Live: TRAPPIST-1e Revealed - Livestream

Join SETI Live host Moiya McTier with Néstor Espinoza (STScI) and Ana Glidden (MIT) for a deep dive into the latest JWST observations of TRAPPIST-1 e, one of the most tantalizing Earth-sized planets in the habitable zone of a nearby star.

In this episode, we explore:

• How JWST is peering into TRAPPIST-1 e’s atmosphere (or lack thereof).
• Why the planet almost certainly doesn’t have a thick hydrogen envelope, ruling out a mini-Neptune-like world.
• The emerging hints of a secondary, heavier atmosphere  - or the possibility that it’s a bare rock.
• The challenges posed by stellar activity and their implications for habitability.

Get ready for a conversation about exoplanet atmospheres, habitability, and the next steps in characterizing worlds beyond our Solar System.

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