Foreign media reported that A team of astronomers found New ‘Earth-like’ planet that is conducive to life in the nearby universe It’s only 31 light-years from Earth, or about 186 trillion miles (about 2.99 trillion kilometers), which is a seemingly near distance by Earth-like planet standards in the distant universe. And one day ahead could lead to the search for possible signs of life.
The discovery of this new Earth-like planet created great excitement for astronomers Because planets like this Earth Still the size of the world which is difficult to find And is in the constellation zone that is conducive to the habitat of living beings
Diana Kossakowski, a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Germany, leads the group of astronomers who found this terrestrial planet. and name it ‘Wolf1069b’
A team of astronomers has found this Earth-like planet near a red dwarf. The star (that is, a star with a lower surface temperature and luminosity than the Sun) was named “Wolf 1069,” leading astronomers to name the newly found Earth-like planet “Wolf 1069b,” and it is 1.36 times the size of Earth.
Astronomers found The Earth-like planet “Wolf 1069b” spends 15.6 days orbiting the red dwarf star “Wolf 1069”, a distance equal to one-fifth the distance between the Earth and the Sun. Additionally, the planet “Wolf 1069b” receives approximately 65% of the light from the red dwarf than Earth receives from the Sun. It is considered very hot for the habitat of living things. If a red dwarf resembles the Sun
However, red dwarfs are much smaller and cooler than our Sun. Which means this zone is conducive to living. It is therefore more important for planets to be closer to red dwarfs than planets in our solar system.
The discovery was made by an instrument called CARMENES, a 3.5-metre telescope at Calar Alto Observatory in Spain, as part of a long-term project to hunt for as many planets orbiting 300 red dwarf stars. .