AdvertisementNationalQueenslandSpace New planet that could support life discovered by Queensland scientists William Davis January 29, 2026 — 9:19pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Got it Share A A AIt’d take several million years to get there, but a planet that could potentially support life has been discovered by scientists in Queensland. Planet HD 137010 b, discovered by researchers at UniSQ. “I think that sometimes helps us learn more about the context of our Earth and solar system.” Dr Chelsea Huang from UniSQ. It’s still officially a “candidate planet” according to NASA, with more sighting required to prove its existence, but Huang said the team was confident.