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Seren Morris

BIZARRE: Astronomers discover planet that could be completely covered in water | Mind Blowing Facts

Scientists want to use the James Webb Space Telescope to study the exoplanet

(Picture: Benoit Gougeon/ University of Montreal)

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet – meaning it is outside the Solar System – that could be covered in water, which could be the first of its kind.

A team of University of Montreal astronomers discovered an exoplanet orbiting TOI-1452, which is a star about 100 light-years from Earth.

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