A planet that “can support life” found, and it’s not far at all

A new study has identified a planetary system that is relatively close to Earth and may have the right conditions to support life.

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The new study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics highlights evidence of planets orbiting the star L 98-59 located just 35 light years from Earth, possibly having the right atmospheric conditions for life. The planetary system contains three planets, one is an ocean world, another is half the mass of Venus, and the last is located in what researchers call the star “living area“- where it is neither too hot nor too cold (like on Earth).

Maria Rosa Zapatero Osorio, astronomer at the Center for Astrobiology in Madrid and co-author of the study, said in an ESO that the planet located in the habitable zone “can have an atmosphere that could protect and support life.“The researchers used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in Chile to observe the planets.

According to Olivier Demangeon, researcher at the University of Porto, Portugal, lead author of the study, “We as a society have been hunting terrestrial planets since the birth of astronomy and now we are finally getting closer and closer to detecting a terrestrial planet in the habitable zone of its star, whose star we could study. atmosphere.“

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