NASA discovers new planet using Google's machine learning tech

Kepler-90i is a hot planet with an average temperature of 423 degrees Celsius, and a rocky terrain. (Image courtesy - NASA)

It is the smallest of the eight planets in the Kepler-90 solar system, some 2,500 light years away from the earth. (Image courtesy - NASA)

The planet’s orbit is so close to the star, that a “year” is completed in just 14 days! In fact, the orbits of all the eight planets in the Kepler system could fit within the distance of Earth’s orbit. (Image-courtesy- NASA)

The process involved teaching a computer to scan 35,000 possible planetary signals collected from the Kepler Space Telescope and search for any dimming of light when planets pass in front of a star. (Image courtesy - NASA)

The Kepler Space Telescope launched in 2009 and has scanned some 150,000 stars. Astronomers have already confirmed the existence of some 2,500 far-away worlds using Kepler data (Image-courtesy - NASA)

The Kepler Space Telescope launched in 2009, and has scanned some 150,000 stars.Astronomers have already confirmed the existence of some 2,500 far-away worlds using Kepler data (NASA)