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By Alimat Aliyeva Scientists have discovered an Earth-sized planet 55 light-years
away. The planet, which astronomers call "SPECULOOS-3b", orbits its
star in 17 hours. Despite the fast rotation period, the days and
nights on the exoplanet never end, Azernews
reports. The results of the new study were published in the journal
Nature Astronomy. The author of the discovery used a global network
of robotic telescopes to look at nearby ultracold dwarf planets.
Researcher Georgina Dransfield from the University of Birmingham
said the small size of ultracold dwarfs makes it easier to detect
planets. Scientists note that the James-Webb Space Telescope can provide
fundamental information about the geology and mineralogy of this
exotic world. --- Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz