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Old 27-08-2022, 03:31 PM
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Discovery of planet covered in water?

Fascinating reading...


Astronomers have discovered a nearby exoplanet that may prove to be the first such world covered in water.


TOI-1452 b is an exoplanet slightly larger and more massive than Earth about 100 light years away from our planet in the Draco constellation. In a paper published Wednesday in The Astronomical Journal, researchers from the University of Montreal determine that the mass of the planet suggests it is largely made up of something less dense than rock, but denser than gas — a potential sign of a global ocean."


The rest of the article is here...
https://au.news.yahoo.com/astronomer...221640595.html


The scientific paper can be found here... (it can be downloaded as a pdf)
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/1...38-3881/ac7cea
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