Astronomers discover 2,000 stars that can shelter Earth-like planets

A team of astronomers has discovered nearly 2,000 stars, which must be studied to help understand the possibility of leading a pleasant life for humans on Earth-like planets.

The team, from Cornell University in New York, to Lehigh, Pennsylvania, and Vanderbilt, Tennessee, has reached this alarming number after reducing the search for 250,000 stars.

According to the British daily newspaper "Daily Mail", NASA will use the satellite Taser to examine the stars, this satellite can scan 85% of the total space.

Experts have found that the devices on the satellite are sensitive enough to observe Earth-sized planets that can gravitate around 1,823 detected stars.

"Our ambition is not only to discover hundreds of Earth-like worlds in other solar systems, but to find them around the nearest solar systems," said astronomer Kevin Steason in a statement. "In a few years we will be able to be sure of other worlds.

If TESSs are able to detect a planet with a planet-like environment, researchers say: "The next step will be to determine whether life is really good or not, a step that researchers have described as the most difficult. This will probably require a landing on the chosen planet. "

"Although we do not know yet whether the satellite will be able to observe on the planet any one or anything, it is fantastic and revolutionary in terms of understanding our place in the universe" said Stason.

Last year, the mission of TESS was launched during its two-year mission, which will examine 26 sections of space during which it was able to scan and study 13 sections of the southern part of space, this year to examine the northern part. .

The TESS satellite was launched last August by a vehicle rocket, revealing amazing images of a group of emergent stars with incredible clarity.