A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years away from Earth - and it's believed to house water too, according to the research team that found it

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - called HD 20794 d - may house water, according to the international research team that found it.

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released Tuesday in Astronomy & Astrophysics astronomers who have been studying weather on the planet since 2016 said findings show this "is the fastest wind ever measured in a jetstream that goes around a planet."

Named HD 20794 D, the newly discovered exoplanet orbits a star similar to the Sun, and researchers believe it may be able to sustain liquid water, which is vital for life, as we know it, to exist. "Best of all,

The discovery of a planet that is just 20 light-years away has been said to be the closest Earth analogue that scientists have ever uncovered.

Earth” planet that may have conditions suitable for life. The planet is outside our solar system and has a mass six times greater than that of Earth. The discovery is of an exoplanet, this is any planet beyond our solar system,

It is believed that the planet, named HD 20794 d, is at just the right distance from its star to sustain water on its surface, but because this distance changes over the course of its elliptical rather than circular orbit it is too early to say whether it could host life.