Discover new 'Super Earth'

Astronomers have discovered a new super Earth in the area that can survive life around the red dwarf Gliese 163.

The group of international astronomers, led by Dr. Xavier Bonfils of the Grenoble Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (France), discovered a super-Earth named Gliese 163c thanks to the use of telescopes. HARPS is located at the Southern Observatory Observatory of the European Space Agency in Chile.

The newly discovered Super Earth Gliese 163c around the red dwarf Gliese 163.

The planet Gliese 163c weighs more than 6.9 times the Earth and has a 26-day orbit around the red dwarf Gliese 163 in the constellation Dorado - 49 light-years away from our planet. The team said: 'Gliese 163c has 1.8 to 2.4 times the class size compared to the Earth's diameter, depending on the planet is composed mostly of stone or water'.

Gliese 163c receives 40% more light from the parent star than Earth receives light from the Sun, making the planet Gliese 163c hotter than Earth. Meanwhile, Venus receives 90% more light from the Sun than our planet.

'We do not know the atmospheric characteristics of the planet Gliese 163c, but if it is thought that the atmosphere is similar to Earth, the surface temperature of this planet is about 60 ° C,' researchers said. said on the Daily Mail.

Much of the complex life on Earth, like plants, animals and humans, cannot survive at temperatures above 50 ° C. But many living organizations with special structures can adapt to the above or higher temperatures.

Together with the "super-Earth" planet Gliese 163c, the team also discovered a larger planet, named Gliese 163b, located closer to the parent star and having an orbital cycle of just 9 days. In addition, the scientists discovered a third planet orbiting a dwarf Gliese 163, but the planet was not named because it was too far away from its star.