Scientists have discovered more than 5,000 exoplanets

A few days ago, the 5,000th exoplanet was included in NASA’s archive of exoplanets.

Lent.az reports with reference to NASA that, now this number is 5005.

“It’s not just one. Each of them is a new world and is a new planet. Each exoplanet discovered has unique features. We are pleased with each of them. However, we know virtually nothing about them, “NASA said.

One of the first two exoplanets discovered outside the solar system has a mass 4.3 times the mass of Earth and a mass 3.9 times the mass of the other.
A third exoplanet with the same mass as Earth was discovered in 1994. The first exoplanets “Poltergeist”, “Phobetor” and It was called Draugr.

Already in those years, scientists understood that, Our galaxy is rich in such planets. Later, scientists began to use a new method to search for exoplanets. We are talking about the transit method.

This is the essence of this method that, any exoplanet has its own star snowA slight darkening of the star is observed when passing through the glass. Thanks to this slight darkening, scientists are able to identify the exoplanet itself.

20Scientists have discovered more than 3,000 exoplanets thanks to the Kepler telescope, which was launched in 2009. However, scientists have not been able to obtain conclusive evidence for the existence of any species of exoplanets. Work in this area continues. The James Webb Telescope, which was launched into space some time ago, could potentially shed light on this issue.

Let `s note that, In 1988, astronomers discovered the first exoplanet near the pulsar PSR 1257 + 12. The exoplanet was the first exoplanet to be discovered outside the solar system.
Four years later, the exoplanet was confirmed to exist.