NASA Discovers New Earth-Like Planet Believed to be Habitable, Here's What it Looks Like

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"NASA Discovers New Earth-Like Planet Believed to be Habitable, Here's What It Looks Like"

Dream - The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, has discovered a potentially habitable planet that is approximately 40 light-years away from Earth. This planet, named Gliese 12 b, is believed to assist researchers in studying other habitable planets in our galaxy. Gliese 12 b orbits its star every 12.8 days and may have conditions that could support life.

According to a news release from NASA, Gliese 12 b is a "super Earth," which is almost the same size as Earth or slightly smaller. Exoplanets are planets that are outside our solar system. "We have discovered a planet the size of Earth closest to a moderate orbit and transit that has been found so far. Although we do not yet know if this planet has an atmosphere, we consider it as an exo-Venus because of its size and the energy it receives from its star, similar to Venus in our solar system," said Masayuki Kuzuhara, assistant professor at the Astrobiology Center in Tokyo, as quoted from USA Today.

This planet orbits a cold red dwarf star called Gliese 12. This star is only about 27 percent the size of the sun and its temperature is about 60 percent of the sun's surface temperature.

If Gliese 12 b does not have an atmosphere, NASA astronomers estimate that its surface temperature is around 107 degrees Fahrenheit or 42 degrees Celsius.

The following is the translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any HTML tags: "NASA researchers need more samples like Gliese 12 b. The distance between Gliese 12 and Gliese 12 b is only 7 percent of the distance between Earth and the Sun, and this planet receives 1.6 times more energy from its star compared to Earth from the Sun."

"Gliese 12 b is one of the best targets to study whether Earth-sized planets orbiting cool stars can maintain their atmospheres, which is important for understanding the habitability of planets throughout our galaxy," said Shishir Dholakia, a doctoral student at the Center for Astrophysics at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Further research on Gliese 12 b and similar planets is expected to "reveal some aspects" of the evolution of our solar system.

Michael McElwain reveals that to understand the diversity of atmospheres that exist, more examples like Gliese 12b are needed.

"We only know a few Earth-like, temperate climate planets that are close enough to us and meet the criteria for transmission spectroscopy studies. To understand more about the diversity of atmospheres and the evolution of these planets, we need more examples like Gliese 12 b,"

According to Michael McElwain, an astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Report: Khaira Amaliya.

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