A new planet is discovered 55 light years away from Earth
2024-05-20 13:17:04
TiranaPost
A group of scientists at the University of Liège in Belgium recently discovered an Earth-sized planet orbiting the small star.
The new exoplanet is approximately 55 light-years from Earth, which is extremely close on a cosmic scale, according to the research team.
"It orbits a very small, very close star," said Michael Gillon, an astronomer at the University of Liège who leads the SPECULOOS project.
The research team says the star is about the size of Jupiter and twice as cold as the Sun.
