NASA scientists found a "super-Earth" that could have life (video)

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet twice as terrestrial (19659003). Scientists from the US Space Agency have discovered a "super-Earth" twice that of our planet. The researchers suspect that there could be life.

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on the NASA website. The very large planet is in the constellation Taurus at a distance of 226 light-years. Experts say this rocky planet may be rich in gas and similar to Neptune.

Super Earth was opened by two students: a graduate of Adina Feinstein of the University of Chicago and McNean Bristow, a student of the University of North Carolina, Asheville. They worked as trainees with Joshua Schlider, astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Greenbelt Space Center, at NASA, writes TSN

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While they were studying data from the fourth round of Kepler K2 mission observations, they noticed that there were two likely planetary transits. However, they needed to see the third, to be able to affirm with certainty the existence of the planet.

Finally, astronomers discovered on Exoplanet Explorers, which allows observing the observations of Kepler K2. Here, the young scientists found the third transit correct.

Feinstein and his colleagues could not believe that they had missed this information. Now, try to explore the planet in more detail.