Super Earth to the solar system?

The closest neighbor of the sun may contain a more evolved life-like planet than Earth, with islands on the surface, shallow waters and a sloping sea floor.

McMaster University (Canada) researchers conducted a detailed analysis of the conditions that allowed a planet to support life to multiply.

The results showed that Alpha Centauri B , the closest star to the sun, is the perfect candidate to own a planet that has enough energy to grow.

Alpha Centauri B is more likely to own a super-Earth planet - (Photo: European Southern Observatory)

While most scientists think that the most suitable places to look for extraterrestrial life are Earth-sized planets, centered around sun-like stars, his hunting patterns. Earth's twin sister only considers a few factors, such as planetary size and distance from the central star.

However, no one has raised the question whether the universe exists in completely different worlds than Earth, but is still capable of facilitating the development of life, according to the NewScientist.com news page quoted experts Rene Heller.

Heller and colleagues analyzed another set of factors, including the planet's gravity, their age and structure, to consider the possibility of a habitable planet.

From there, they discovered that the environment that allows life to easily reproduce may be a world smaller than Earth, revolving around a smaller orange star than the sun, such as Alpha Centauri B, for example.

'You will want a star that can sustain the planet at a distance suitable for life within 7 to 10 billion years' , enough time for ecosystems to achieve the optimal state for life to grow. strong, according to expert Heller.

Alpha Centauri B is about 6 billion years old, meaning that life on the planet around it (if any) has had a better start than Earth on the path of evolution.