Scientists Discover An ‘Ocean Planet’ Completely Covered By A Thick Layer Of Water 100 Light-Years From Earth

Scientists used surveys from NASA's TESS satellite observatory to accomplish a monumental result. They have discovered an 'ocean planet' completely covered by a thick layer of water 100 light-years from Earth.

Researchers have found an "ocean planet" that eerily resembles Kevin Costner's post-apocalyptic action movie Waterworld from 1995.

They claimed that, like some of Jupiter's and Saturn's moons, the world, which is 100 light-years from Earth, is entirely covered in a thick coating of water.

It is slightly bigger and heavier than Earth, and it is located far enough from its star for life to conceivably exist there.

An multinational team of astronomers have discovered TOI-1452 b, an exoplanet orbiting one of two small stars in a binary system in the Draco constellation.

Charles Cadieux, a PhD candidate at the Université de Montréal and a member of the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx), served as its leader.

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