NASA found 10 planet candidates that could contain life

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope discovered 219 new planet candidates and 10 of them could fit life.

Scientists from the US Aeronautics and Aeronautics Agency announced a new potential planetary group of 219 celestial bodies in the Milky Way at a press conference held at 11:00 on June 19 (at 22:00 pm Vietnamese time). South) at the Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, according to the New York Times. With the new discovery, the total number of planetary candidates found by the Kepler space telescope was raised to 4,034.

According to scientists, more than 2,300 planetary candidates discovered during the Kepler mission have been confirmed, including 50 Earth-like planets in the Goldilocks area around the host star. This is an area that is not too hot or too cold, allowing liquid water to exist on the surface.

The closest candidate to Earth is the K77-11 celestial body . The celestial body receives the same amount of energy as Earth received from the Sun, and is only 30% larger than Earth, according to Susan Thompson, a Kepler project researcher at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California.

More than 2,300 planetary candidates discovered during the Kepler mission have been confirmed.

The latest planetary candidate group is the result of Kepler's last survey in the constellation Cygnus . The finding will help scientists search for alien life, providing the most complete and reliable record ever to remote worlds.

"The results announced today are of great significance for understanding different types of planets and galaxies, helping us to improve our understanding of how planets form , " said Mario Perez, a scientist in the room. Astrophysics is part of NASA's Science Mission Department in Washington.

According to NASA, the new data is the result of Kepler's most sophisticated analysis, opening the way for new planetary research.

Last summer, astronomers announced 197 new planet candidates and confirmed 104 planets in the Kepler mission. All planets are 20-50% larger than Earth, revolving around M class dwarfs named K2-72 at 181 light-years from the Solar System.

The Kepler space telescope launched into space in March 2009, marking an important breakthrough in the search for Earth-like planets outside the solar system, which may be near or within the pros benefit life around a star.

"Studying the planets is a search for life," said Natalie Batalha, a Kepler project scientist at the Ames Center. "These results will form the basis for future life-seeking studies."

Speculating from a small space to the whole sky, the data will help NASA design a space telescope large and powerful enough to recognize images of planets orbiting other stars in the 2030s.