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Closest Supernova Seen Turns 30; NASA's MAVEN Almost Hits Phobos; Update on TESS Launch | SFN #197
The Hubble Space Telescope has put together an awesome timelapse show 27 years of observations of Supernova SN1987a and there's also some mission updates in this episode from MAVEN and TESS.
Today we talk about NASA's big announcement about the 7 Earth-sized worlds in orbit around TRAPPIST-1, a star that is cool enough that liquid water may be present. But, can life really exist on these worlds?
What are your thoughts on the habitable zone? I saw this study released by Cornell just a few days ago (Feb 27, Volcanic Habitable Zone) that claims that this habitable zone might be larger th...