A student from the UK discovered 17 new exoplanets
Scientific discovery on the discovery of new exoplanets belongs to astronomy student at the University of British Columbia Michelle Kunimoti. One of them may be water.
Based on NASA's Kepler telescope, the Candidate of Astronomical Sciences has uncovered certificates for 17 new exoplanets. Some are Earth-sized. And on one possible existence of water in liquid form, informs Futurism.
To search for planets, the student used the "transit method" — one of the most popular search methods. Each time it traverses a planet in front of a star, it blocks some of the light from the sky. Thus, the brightness of the star decreases. By finding these light or transits, you can track the planets.
"This planet is about a thousand light-years from Earth, so we won't get there any time soon," said kunimoti. "But it's a really exciting find, as it's new confirmed planets, including those in the Living Area."
Previously, astronomers were able to find the giant dead galaxy. The find, discovered by an international team of scientists, probably existed about 12 billion years ago. At that time, the universe was only 1.8 billion years old.
Based on NASA's Kepler telescope, the Candidate of Astronomical Sciences has uncovered certificates for 17 new exoplanets. Some are Earth-sized. And on one possible existence of water in liquid form, informs Futurism.
To search for planets, the student used the "transit method" — one of the most popular search methods. Each time it traverses a planet in front of a star, it blocks some of the light from the sky. Thus, the brightness of the star decreases. By finding these light or transits, you can track the planets.
"This planet is about a thousand light-years from Earth, so we won't get there any time soon," said kunimoti. "But it's a really exciting find, as it's new confirmed planets, including those in the Living Area."
Previously, astronomers were able to find the giant dead galaxy. The find, discovered by an international team of scientists, probably existed about 12 billion years ago. At that time, the universe was only 1.8 billion years old.
