A star almost as old as the universe has been discovered by astronomers. Named TOI-561b, the exoplanet is located 280.5 light-years away in the console and is about 14 billion years old.
Although the star is called “super-Earth” because it is twice the size of us, the chances of aliens living on TOI-561b are low due to the planet’s high temperature. Caused by the proximity of the planet to its star, the planet needs less than half a day to tear its star. If the monsters can’t stand 3,140 degrees Fahrenheit on the exoplanet, continue the search for aliens.
Despite the fact that the planet is nearly three times the mass of the Earth, the team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside explained that the density of the planet is about the same as the Earth due to the age of the planet. planet. The reason behind this strange observation is that so many heavy elements were not available when the planet was first created.
“TOI-561b is one of the oldest rocky planets yet to be discovered,” University of Hawaii graduate and team leader Lauren Weiss said in a statement by UC Riverside. “Its existence shows that the universe has been forming almost rocky planets since its inception 14 billion years ago.”
Scientists are currently trying to learn more about the relationship between the mass and radius of the planets they find in order to gain more insight into the structure within planets.
“Information about the interior of a planet gives us a sense of whether the planet’s surface is alive with life as we know it,” said Stephen Kane, UC Riverside planetary scientist and team member.
“While humans may not be inhabited by this particular planet today, it may be a glimpse of many rocky worlds not yet found around the oldest stars in our galaxy. . ”
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