A team of astronomers from England, Germany, new planets orbiting a nearby star at a distance that allows atmosphere similar to Earth's climate, which could boost the chances of the presence of water.
The team has already found three new planets orbiting the star, located 44 light-years away, but only one of them is located in the climatic conditions allow the presence of water.
The Colam Angelaascude from the University of Gottingen, Germany, who led the team with Mikko Tommy from the University of British Hrtfordhaar that "the star HD 40 307 star quiet, compact and therefore there is no reason to exclude that such a planet has an atmosphere similar to Earth."
Equivalent to the mass of the planet discovered seven times the mass of Earth, but at least going almost the same distance that spared the planet from the sun, which means that it receives the same amount of solar energy received by the Earth.
It was the discovery of more than eight hundred planet outside our solar system since the monitoring of the first planet in the nineties of the last century, but a few of them located in the region that are likely presence of water.
The new planet is named "HP D 40 307 G" part of the system was thought in the past that only three planets revolve within walking distance from the star so that it can not be the presence of water on it.
And scientists for the discovery of which was announced in a paper published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics analyzed data collected by the device to search for planets that was installed in the telescope continued for the European Southern Observatory in Wasilla Atacama desert in Chili.
