Discover more planets 'brothers of the Earth' and can survive life

Wolf 1061c, a planet 14 light-years away from Earth - about 126 trillion km, was discovered by Australian astronomers and they believe the planet may be eligible for survival. on it. In addition, this planet is much closer to Kepler 452b "Second Earth".

The planet is one of the three planets orbiting a dwarf Wolf 1061 - the star type has a low temperature and mass much smaller than the Sun, in the constellation Ophiucus and it is also the 35th brightest in the list of The closest star to Earth has ever known. All three planets are solid like Earth and Mars, even Wolf 1061c - the middle planet - in the area that astronomers call the Goldilocks region - that is, liquid water can appear. , a basic condition to appear signs of life.

Wolf 1061c is one of three planets orbiting a dwarf Wolf 1061.

In astronomy, the Goldilocks region is a distance away from the star that Earth-like planets can maintain in liquid state on their surface and life can grow on these planets. The habitable zone usually refers to two areas: in a planetary system and in a galaxy. The planets and natural satellites in these regions are potential candidates for life development and the possibility of extraterrestrial life on these bodies is like us. This concept generally does not include natural satellites because there is not enough evidence and theory to highlight what types of Moon can be taken into account when it comes to the planet it orbits.

The habitable area should not be confused with the habitat properties of the planet. While the planet's property only refers to the required conditions of the planet to allow carbon-based life-sustaining, the living area is referred to the star's required conditions for maintenance. carbon life, and these two factors are not always interchangeable.

In terms of characteristics, Wolf 1061c weighs 4.3 times the Earth and the distance from it to the star is only 10% of the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Considering the solar system of reference, such a distance will make Wolf 1061c surface hotter than Mercury. Fortunately, Wolf 1061 is not as hot as the Sun, so the discoverers of this planet are more likely to believe in the theory that it may exist or at least qualify for humans to live on. there. Wolf 1061c is moving around the host with a cycle of 18 days.

Video simulating the newly found brother of the Earth.

Astronomer researcher Duncan Wright of the University of New South Wales, a member of the group, said the discovery is really interesting because the star Wolf 1061 itself is in an extremely stable period, not too much The temperature of the illuminated parts of the luggage does not fluctuate too much, in addition to the high winds on the surface that can blow through the un-illuminated side to adjust the temperature there.

The discovery of Wolf 1061c is based on the database of HARPS spectrophotometer and Southern Europe Telescope located in Chile. Currently, the research team is conducting observations of more than three new planets and performing measurements to determine their atmospheric conditions. If everything goes well, the future of human settlements in the universe is not far away.