Astronomers Found Exoplanet That May Be Completely Covered By Water

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An interesting find was made lately

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Astronomers have discovered a distant planet that they think could be completely covered in water, making it a prime target for future study by the James Webb Space Telescope.

The planet is called TOI-1452 b and it is located around 100 light years away from Earth, orbiting one of a pair of stars in the Draco constellation.

Planets that orbit stars outside of the solar system are known as exoplanets, and it is a relatively new area of research. The first exoplanet was discovered as recently as 1992.

Since then, exoplanet discovery has become almost routine with NASA saying that more than 5,000 had been confirmed in March this year.