Discovering the 'hell version' of the Earth

An extraterrestrial planet belongs to the Earth size group, but is described as being more difficult to breathe than . the hell has just been identified.

Scientists from NASA, the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (USA) and a number of other research units have uncovered the mysteries surrounding LHS 3344b , an alien planet of the "Earth-sized" category. around a red dwarf just 48.6 light-years away.

Earth-sized planets have always been the target of astronomers because of proper size is one of the first conditions that we can hope is appropriate for extraterrestrial life. Unfortunately, LHS 3344b is just a "hellish version" of the green planet we are in.

LHS 3344b - "Hell version" of the Earth - (graphic image from NASA).

Combining data from NASA's TESS Planetary Space Satellites and Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have "looked " deep into the mysterious world of LHS 3344b. It turns extremely close to its star, making a year there only 11 days long.

Not only that, this is a celestial body that is "locked" , always pointing towards the mother's side (like the moon always points towards the earth). Although the red dwarf is much cooler than the sun, with the distance and status locked, the opposite face of the planet's mother has a temperature of up to 770 degrees Celsius and emits a lot of infrared light.

The new data also provides clues about the planet's atmosphere: not much different from the moon and Mercury of the Solar System, which are almost no atmosphere. The planet also has a devastating difference in the middle of the day (the face always turns towards the star) and half the night (the dark side).

Close-up of the "hell" planet has just been discovered.

According to alien scientist Renyu Hu (NASA Jet Jet Laboratory), the team member, the surface of the planet is covered by basalt, a kind of cooled volcanic material, shows that it may have experienced an intense period of ancient volcanoes.

The team thinks that LHS 3344b can be described as a "like Hades's world but a little more difficult to breathe"!

The research has just been published in the journal Nature.