Scientists have confirmed the existence of 5,005 potentially habitable planets outside our solar system, NASA said.
According to NASA, the confirmed exoplanets are not alike. It is noted that approximately 30% of them are gas giants comparable in size to Saturn or Jupiter or much larger than them, 35% are comparable in size to Uranus or Neptune and may be ice giants, 31% belong to the Super-Earth group – they are much larger. larger than our planet and may be similar in composition to Earth. Only 4% are rocky planets about the same size as Earth or slightly smaller.