Scientists may have discovered a 'Super-Earth' covered entirely in water.
Somewhere out there amongst the countless stars in the cosmos, scientists think there may be a"Super-Earth" packed full with the basic building block of life: good ol' H2O. Wednesday, a group of scientists published a study examining the exoplanet named TOI-1452b, a celestial body some 100 light years away from Earth that finds itself in the"Goldilocks zone" of its respective solar system, the ideal area for a planet to reside to be able to harbor life as we know it.
"I'm extremely proud of this discovery because it shows the high caliber of our researchers and instrumentation," Université de Montréal Professor René Doyon said in a press release accompanying the story."It is thanks to the OMM, a special instrument designed in our labs called SPIRou, and an innovative analytic method developed by our research team that we were able to detect this one-of-a-kind exoplanet.
"TOI-1452 b is one of the best candidates for an ocean planet that we have found to date," astronomer Charles Cadieux added."Its radius and mass suggest a much lower density than what one would expect for a planet that is basically made up of metal and rock, like Earth."
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