Scientists Discover Earth-Sized Exoplanet Just 39-Light-Years Away
- 8 years ago
Astronomers have been finding loads of exoplanets far from Earth, but recently they came upon one that is close to home.
Astronomers have been finding loads of exoplanets far from Earth, but recently they came upon one that is close to home. At only 39-light-years-away, the rocky and pretty much completely uninhabitable orb is near enough for scientists to perform a number of studies.
They already know the planet they’ve named GJ 1132b is ridiculously hot, as in probably somewhere around the 500-degree Fahrenheit range.
Said Zachory Berta-Thompson, one of the researchers, “The temperature of the planet is about as hot as your oven will go, so it’s like burnt-cookie hot.”
Astronomers have been finding loads of exoplanets far from Earth, but recently they came upon one that is close to home. At only 39-light-years-away, the rocky and pretty much completely uninhabitable orb is near enough for scientists to perform a number of studies.
They already know the planet they’ve named GJ 1132b is ridiculously hot, as in probably somewhere around the 500-degree Fahrenheit range.
Said Zachory Berta-Thompson, one of the researchers, “The temperature of the planet is about as hot as your oven will go, so it’s like burnt-cookie hot.”