In a solar system called TRAPPIST-1, 40 light years from the sun, seven Earth-sized planets revolve around a cold star.
  • duxbellorum@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Trappist…the Belgian Beer System?

    (Dude, get up, we’re building a spaceship right now.)

    • Akasazh@feddit.nl
      2·
      1 year ago

      It was found using the space telescope Co-founded by the Liège (Belgium) University

      Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST)

      There’s no way to be certain, but there may have been some correlation between the name sake and the teams preferred after work beverage.