Found 2 planets 'twin' different from the Solar System

With a pair of "twin" planets 2MASS 0249 c and Beta Pictoris b, the scenario finds a copy of the outer space universe that is entirely possible.

The research team at the University of Hawaii and the University of Arizona (USA) was stunned to observe a new planet named 2MASS 0249 c orbiting a pair of red dwarfs.

This new planet resembles a planet that was known long ago, Beta Pictoris b , from size, brightness to spectral data.

The newly discovered planet is the perfect replica of a known planet in red - (NASA artwork).

In other words, they are an indistinguishable "twin" pair. The strange thing is that these two planets are very far apart, belonging to the other two solar systems. While the newly emerging solar star has a host star, the 2MASS brown dwarf pair J02495639-0557352AB, known as Beta Pictoris b planet, previously circled around a star called Beta Pictoris .

Both are gas giant planets estimated at 11.6 times the mass of Jupiter and very far from their central star. Scientists also identified them as truly brothers, born from a "star nursery".

"Star nursery" is the term for molecular clouds with masses that may be smaller than our sun but can be 1,000-100,000 suns. The "star nursery" has a major component of H2, like a cradle that creates and raises newborn stars, surrounded by older stars.

Newly discovered planets (circled in red) through telescopes - (photos provided by the team).

The difference is that they currently live in two very different environments. The pair of brown dwarfs that the new planet discovered revolves very faintly, only bright with 1 / 2,000 sun. Meanwhile, the planet's host star has been known for 10 times as long as the sun.

In addition, Dr. Kaitlin Kratter (University of Arizona) said these "twins" were formed under rather unfair conditions: while Beta Pictoris b grew from dust particles, 2MASS 0249c seemed to form from what's left after the "death" of a giant gas cloud.

This difference makes the previous planetary observation - Beta Pictoris b - from the Earth much easier. Beta Pictoris b is a planet with a lifetime of up to 20 million years.

Research using data from multiple observation stations: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. WM Keck Observatory, Apache Point Observatory are all located in the United States. The work has just been published in the Astronomical Journal scientific journal.