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.
Scientists believe that using micro satellites is more efficient and economical in finding planets that have life outside of Earth.
For the first time, Earth experts accurately measured the rotation speed of an exoplanet, thus knowing the time of day and night on this planet.
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) was built in the Paranal Observatory area in the Atacama desert, northern Chile.