A new "alien planet" was caught in action about 700 light-years away from Earth.
Reports say astronomers have caught sight of a Saturn-like plant, learning more of the planet by using inexpensive ground-based telescopes.
The new exoplanet is called KELT-6b is allegedly unlikely to be a star. The method use to detect this particular exoplanet is called the "transit" method looks for the small shadow that the planet creates as it makes the pass as it orbits the star.
KELT-6b reportedly orbits the star once every 7.8 days and its transit lasts five hours as seen from Earth, according to reports.
According to scientific reports KELT-6b is now the longest-duration full planetary transit continuously observed from the ground.
Scientists also used the Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescopes (KELT) in Arizona and South Africa in order to gather more information about their new discovery.
According to Science World Report, "residing in the constellation Coma Berenices, near Leo, the exoplanet is a hot gas-giant planet orbiting a star about the same age as our sun. In fact, KELT-6b actually resembles Saturn in terms of mass and size."
Unlike Saturn, current findings show no rings were found around the new exoplanet. The scientific reports also state KELT-6b is low in metals.
"The role of metals in the stellar environments in which planets form is a major question in our understanding of these other worlds," Keivan Stassun, Vanderbilt astronomy professor and member of the KELT team, said in a press release. "This new planet is among the least endowed with such metals that we know of, and because it is so bright it should serve as a benchmark for comparative studies of how and under what conditions planets form."
The team's findings were announced to the public on June 4 during the American Astronomical Society's national meeting in Indianapolis.
