Scientists discover a new type of planet twice as big as Earth

Scientists have discovered a new and rare planet that is more than twice the size of our solar system. It is located in the viable Goldels area, where liquid water is likely to be on the surface of the outer planets, said Adina Feinstein, a graduate student at the University of Chicago. Because of the way it is found and because planets of this size seem relatively rare.

According to the site cnet The plan was officially announced Monday at the biannual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle. According to the study, the newly discovered planet K2-288Bb And can be found in the binary star system, 226 light-years.

It is too early to say what the surface of the newly discovered planet could look like: it could be a relatively large rocky planet or a world similar to Neptune.