Astronomers said that they have discovered a planet similar to the Earth on which we live, amid expectations that it is only 31 light-years away from us, that is, at a close distance, and it may also be habitable.<\/p>\n
Scientists named the discovered planet “Wolf 1069 b”, saying that its size is close to the size of Earth, and that it revolves around its star, according to a distance that would allow the presence of liquid water,\u00a0reports Al-Rai daily.<\/p>\n
Scientists suggest that this planet, which is outside the solar system, has an atmosphere and a magnetic field, and night and day may also alternate in it.<\/p>\n
This discovery comes after a long research path for a number of distinguished scientists and academics at the Max Planx Institute for Astronomy in Germany.<\/p>\n
This planet is one of the planets almost similar to Earth, but scientists explain that we still need about 10 years to be able to take a closer and more accurate look at what has been discovered.<\/p>\n
An in-depth exploration of this planet outside the solar system requires a very large telescope, which is currently being developed in Chile in order to compensate the European Southern Observatory.<\/p>\n
And when this huge telescope is ready, it will be 5 times larger than the telescope that is currently being relied upon.<\/p>\n
One of the advantages of the future telescope is that it will have a great ability to explore the minor planets similar to the Earth on which we live, and it will also be able to determine the specifications of its atmosphere.<\/p>\n
Last year, the US space agency, NASA, stated that scientists currently know that there are about 5,000 planets outside the solar system.<\/p>\n
But planets similar to Earth’s specifications are still very few, as there are only about 6 of them so far, while scientists are betting on discovering more in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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