An international team of scientists, supervised by the German University of Cologne, has discovered that the stellar flares of the star TRAPPIST-1it can get warm outer planets around it, providing a habitable environment RT.
Diary suggests Letters from the astrophysicist diaryuntil TRAPPIST-1 planetary system outside Solar systemIt is located 39 light years from Earth and consists of a red dwarf M-nano And seven rocky outer planets, which may be habitable, rotate in orbits smaller than the solar system. Red dwarfs are the most common type of star, but they emit much less light radiation than the sun.
It became clear to the researchers from the test result whether the heat emitted by TRAPPIST-1 Sufficient to support processes that could create an environment conducive to life, which by heating the planets with the help of ohmic dissipation of stellar energy, is sufficient to stimulate long-term geological activity, which allows for the development of the surface environment to be habitable or subject it to a series of conditions conducive to the emergence of life.
Ohmic dissipation is the conversion of electrical energy into heat due to the resistance of a conductor TRAPPIST-1 Coronal mass emissions carry magnetic currents and the dissipation of this energy heats the cores of the planets, which stimulates volcanic activity and gas emission, which leads to the formation of a thick layer in the atmosphere which reduces the effect flares on planetary surfaces.
