{"id":261002,"date":"2024-09-26T22:01:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T22:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/search-for-alien-transmissions-in-promising-trappist-1-star-system-draws-a-blank\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:07","slug":"search-for-alien-transmissions-in-promising-trappist-1-star-system-draws-a-blank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/search-for-alien-transmissions-in-promising-trappist-1-star-system-draws-a-blank\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for alien transmissions in promising TRAPPIST-1 star system draws a blank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24140710\/SEI_222168258.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2449176\" data-caption=\"Artist\u2019s impression of the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system\" data-credit=\"NASA\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Artist\u2019s impression of the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">NASA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>A search for aliens communicating between planets in one of the most promising systems to look for life has come up empty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2122119-exoplanet-discovery-seven-earth-size-exoplanets-may-have-water\/\">Discovered in 2017<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2366236-jwst-finds-the-planet-trappist-1b-may-not-have-an-atmosphere\/\">TRAPPIST-1<\/a> is a system of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a red dwarf star much dimmer than our sun, about 40 light years away. 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