October 01, 2022
With the help of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a group of researchers from the University de Montreal in Canada has discovered an exoplanet situated around 100 million light years away from Earth. The exoplanet is covered in a thick layer of water just like some of Jupiter and Saturn’s moons.
Called TOI-1452 b, this exoplanet orbits a star in a binary star system in the Draco constellation and is far enough from its star to potentially harbour life. TOI-1452 b is 70% bigger than Earth. Scientists hope to study it further using the James Webb Space Telescope.
Did You Know?
The first exoplanet was discovered in 1995. Called 51 Pegasi b, it is 50 light years away from Earth and orbits a star similar to the sun.
Image Source: nasa.gov
