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texasjek t1_ixeo4l4 wrote

Reply to comment by insufficientmind in JWST identifies the first concrete evidence of photochemistry (chemical reactions initiated by energetic stellar light) and sulfur dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere by Easy_Money_

JWST has been watching the Trappist system a lot. But each planetary transit only lasts for like 5 hours and that's only enough time to use a couple of filters each time. The data hasn't been released yet because the scientists involved have 1 year to work on the data before they have to release it. They can release it before then if they want.. I hope they do soon

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-_1_2_3_- t1_ixfy5jb wrote

What’s the orbital period of the planets we are looking at in the Trappist system?

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HonestCup20 t1_ixg92t0 wrote

What's the odds that they even release something like this "finding life" or "signs of intellegent life" if they did find it? I mean wouldn't they persue this stuff on the secret side without most of public knowing about it? i hope not, i hope we get to discover all that together, but ultimately we're not in charge of that stuff.. the govt funds a lot of these operations, so they get the say in what happens with the results.

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rainnnndrain t1_ixhens1 wrote

No, they wouldn't dude lol. Odds are way higher scientists would tell the public instead of keeping extraterrestrial life a huge secret. That's conspiracy type thinking

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