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Scientists have discovered a planet that could be habitable

2024-05-25 12:03:00, Kuriozitete CNA

Scientists have discovered a planet that could be habitable

Two teams of scientists have discovered a theoretically habitable planet, smaller than Earth but larger than Venus, orbiting a small star about 40 light-years away, CNN reports.

The exoplanet, named Gliese 12b, orbits a cool red dwarf star located in the constellation Pisces and is about 27% the size of our sun, according to two studies published Thursday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters and Monthly ". 

Working on the assumption that the exoplanet has no atmosphere, scientists calculated its surface temperature to be around 42 degrees Celsius.

"We have found the closest, transiting, Earth-sized world located to date," said Masayuki Kuzuhara, a project assistant professor at the Center for Astrobiology in Tokyo.

To spot Gliese 12b, scientists used publicly available data collected by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) — a telescope that looks at tens of thousands of stars every month, tracking their changes in brightness, which may be evidence of orbiting exoplanets./ CNA 





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