European astronomers have discovered 50 new planets in our solar system. Of these, 16 of them have Earth-sized planet.
Largest planet discovered planet called HD 85512 b, which measures 3.6 times the mass of the earth, can be reached within 36 light years and lies in the constellation Vela. The results also indicated that nearly half of stars like our sun is shining and a few bright as Saturn.
Planets like Earth, scientists believe that there are traces of water in there that does not give life there.
The results are presented on the Planet Extreme Solar Systems conference in Wyoming, USA. The conference was attended by about 350 experts from around the world.
These new planets discovered by a mission with great precision Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), mounted at the European Southern Observatory at La Silla in Chile.
"The detection of HD 85 512 b away from the border HARPS, and suggests the possibility that the discovery of super-Earths (super-Earth), which allows life to exist around stars like the sun," said astronomer University of Geneva, Michel Mayor.
A team member, Lisa Kaltenegger, Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy and the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said the results mark a new era in the search for past life on Earth. "We are entering an extraordinary achievement in the history of astronomy," he said.
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