Five New Planets discovered, One of Them is Habitable

Scientists detected five new planets close to Earth using an intra-galactic speed gun. It was discovered that one of these planets was orbiting the habitable zone of star called Tau Ceti, where there are conditions for life. While travelling with speed of the light, it was possible to reach these planets in only 12 years time.

Scientists who analyse around 6000 measurements of velocity of star Tau Ceti believed that some inconsistencies in direction as well as speed were caused because of gravitational pull that occurred because of other celestial bodies. Professor Chris Tinney of the University of New South Wales explained that the star was moving backward and forward very slightly and it had shown the evidences of doing so at 5 different durations.

Scientists explained that there were five planets which were going on around star, which made it move backward and forward. One of the planets is habitable. This planet lies in the zone where life might be possible and this planet has five times greater mass than that of Earth. This is the smallest known planet that is orbiting in Goldilocks zone, the zone where there are conditions for survival of life.