Scientists have discovered many exoplanets which have amazing properties. The following are the most interesting facts of such planets.



5.HD 188753 - It is about 151 light years away. This is the planet which has three Suns i.e., triple stars system. We can see three suns during sunset.

4.GLIESE 1214 B - It is about 40 light years away from the Earth. It is a planet without land. It is covered fully with water and often known as 'water world'. The ground water is considered to be in ice form.

3.HD 189733B - This planet is 63 light years from our solar system. The atmosphere of planet is formed of silicon. Temperature is so high that the silicon condensed to form glass resulting in 'Glass rain' or 'rains of terror'.

2.55 CANCRI E - It is 40 light years away from our earth. The atmosphere is mainly composed of carbon. Planet's interior temperature and pressure changed the carbon into diamond. Thus it is regarded as a gigantic Solid diamond planet.

1.GLIESE 581g - This is about 20.42 light years away from our planet. It revolves around a red dwarf star host. Planet is tidally locked, meaning one side of the planet is always facing its host star and other side remains dark. It is considered to have ideal conditions on this exoplanet for survival like our earth.

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