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images from the Kepler telescope are available to the public this 11 by 11 pixel gif shows 60 measurements or photos taken by the Kepler telescope once a minute for an hour on February 22nd what we're seeing is planets passing in front of the Trappist one star now let's backtrack a little recently NASA announced that scientists had found seven earth sized planets orbiting the star known as Trappist one the discovery was made using nasa's spitzer space telescope located about 40 light-years away these seven planets could all have liquid water but three are believed to be in the habitable zone the announcement was accompanied by beautiful artist renderings of what these planets could look like NASA also made available the raw data files captured by the Kepler telescope observing Trappist one why the data will aid astronomers prep future proposals and how to use ground-based telescopes to help investigate Trappist one back to the gift nasa explains that the flickering of the pixels corresponds to dips in brightness of the Trappist one star as an earth-sized planet passes in front of it are these the best images we will see of the planets orbiting practice one no the Kepler telescope will be supplemented by more advanced instruments like the James Webb telescope which should provide more clear data for more information check out cnet.com am i a zapped iron I'll see you online