Scientists from Canada have discovered an exoplanet that is 100 light-years from Earth and is probably completely covered in water.. TOI-1452 b orbits one of two small stars located in the constellation Draco, according to Forbes..

Discovered planet slightly larger than Earth. It revolves around its star in the habitable zone, where the existence of water in liquid form is possible..

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According to the authors of the discovery, it could be an ocean planet - a celestial body completely covered with a thick layer of water.. They compare the planet with Jupiter's moons Ganymede and Callisto, and Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus.. It is assumed that all of them have a global ocean.

The location of the planet is very fortunate, since the constellation Draco is always visible in the night sky.. In addition, it is close enough to Earth that scientists can study its atmosphere..

Rene Doyon from the University of Montreal, one of the authors of the study, believes that the James Webb telescope should study the planet in the future.. This will allow you to study TOI-1452 b in more detail and reveal all its details..

The planet was discovered using the TESS telescope. It is 70% larger than Earth and orbits one of two red dwarfs orbiting each other..

It took scientists about 50 hours of observations to determine the mass of the planet.. They believe that the mass of a celestial body is five times greater than that of the Earth. But water makes up 1% of the mass of our planet, in TOI-1452 b it is about 30%.

Earlier, astronomers using the Very Large Telescope discovered another alleged planet that orbits Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the solar system.. If the discovery is confirmed, the object will become the third planet in this system..