NASA is looking for signs of life and water on the surface of a new planet

A window to the world – NASA is preparing to look for signs of life on a planet near Earth, has been spotted with the help of a brand new space telescope, one of three planets external to the solar system having been recently discovered.

The planet is known as GJ 357 d , Orbiting a star at 31 light-years, so close to the star that it is in the "habitable zone".

In this region, it is possible to have liquid water on the surface of the planet, but further research is needed to determine whether the atmosphere GJ 357 d Dense and warm enough to hold liquid water.

"There is a planet," said Diana Kusakovsky of the Max Planck Institute of Astronomy in Heidelberg GJ 357 d Inside the outer perimeter of the habitable star, it receives from its star the same amount of star energy that Mars receives from the sun. "

If the planet had a dense atmosphere, future studies would be needed to identify it, as it would be possible to keep liquid water on its surface, such as the Earth, and life signs could be captured. using modern telescopes.

Lisa Kaltniger, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, has published a separate article in a magazine Journal of Astrophysical Journal Letters May the planet shelter life.