On August 12, an international team led by scientists from Montreal universityin Canada, published in “The Astronomical Journal” a study on the new discovery exoplanet TOI-1452 bwhat is maybe entirely formed by the oceans.
Read more: Artemis I and humanity’s next steps to the Moon
Located approximately 100,000 light years from Earth, the star orbits a binary system star in the constellation Draco. According to the researchers, the exoplanet is slightly larger than Earth and is covered in a thick layer of water, just like some moons of Jupiter and Saturn in our solar system.
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), run by NASA, picked up the first signal from the celestial body. Then, the Mont-Mégantic Observatory (OMM) telescope in Quebec, Canada, confirmed the sighting.
Read also: “A disaster”, says a biologist about the oil spill on Brazilian beaches
The exoplanet TOI-1452 b has just been discovered by Canadian researchers @UDEM @UofT and @iExoplanets. It could be an “ocean planet” covered in a thick layer of water! 😱🌊
Image: Benoît Gougeon, University of Montreal
Learn more: https://t.co/6AqFFYrTzq pic.twitter.com/K76LnoNp5v
— Canadian Space Agency (@asc_csa) August 25, 2022
“Freelance communicator. Hardcore web practitioner. Entrepreneur. Total student. Beer ninja.”
