When traces of one are detected with the help of ground or space telescopes exoplanetof a planet outside our solar systemdiscovery confirmation follows the process.
When this happens, it is officially announced, the planet is given a code name and placed on the galactic map.
The creation of space observatories designed to study our galaxy has led to the fact that these observatories collect a huge amount of data in order to discover exoplanets, and every time a research team analyzes this data package, they find traces of many exoplanets. .
In some cases, dozens of exoplanets have been identified in just one such data processing.
More discovered in general five thousand exoplanets although the existence of about five thousand other exoplanets has been shown, the process of confirming their existence continues.
The number of stars in our galaxy is estimated to be between 200 and 400 billion, which means that the number of exoplanets ranges from a few tens of billions to hundreds of billions, so the discovery of exoplanets will continue as the tools available to astronomers are constantly improving. .
A team of British astronomers has announced that 85 new exoplanets potentially hospitable to life have been identified by studying data from NASA’s TESS space probe.
The researchers designed their study to study TESS data from the star’s so-called habitable zone.
That is, the distance of the star from the planet is such a region that favorable conditions for the existence of life, for example, liquid water, are created.
The vast majority of exoplanets detected by TESS are very close to their host stars and have an orbital period of only 3-10 days.
The 85 new exoplanets identified by the research team complete an orbit around their star between 20 and 700 days.
In fact, the research team identified 60 new exoplanets, while another 25 were discovered by TESS and now show their positions relative to their host star.
The process of confirming the discovery of all these exoplanets must now take place, and the spacecraft will probably turn its mighty gaze there at some point. The James Webb Telescope to find out which of these planets are really friendly to life.