Astronomers spot a ‘super-Earth’ 137 light-years away | CNN
Feb 8, 2024 · Astronomers have discovered a “super-Earth,” or a world larger than our planet, orbiting a star about 137 light-years away. A second planet, thought to be the size of Earth, may also be...
Discovery Alert: Intriguing New ‘Super-Earth’ Could Get a Closer …
Aug 24, 2022 · Key facts: Using observations from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), backed up by ground-based telescopes, an international team led by the University of Montreal announced the discovery of a “super-Earth” – a planet that is potentially rocky like ours, but larger – orbiting a red-dwarf star about 100 light-years away.
This super-Earth is the first planet confirmed to have a ... - Nature
Mar 28, 2024 · This super-Earth is the first planet confirmed to have a permanent dark side. Convincing evidence of 1:1 tidal locking had been absent until a new analysis of the exoplanet LHS 3844b. By. Joseph...
Discovery Alert: A ‘Super-Earth’ in the Habitable Zone - Science@NASA
Jan 31, 2024 · The discovery: A “super-Earth” ripe for further investigation orbits a small, reddish star that is, by astronomical standards, fairly close to us – only 137 light-years away. The same system also might harbor a second, Earth-sized planet. Key facts: The bigger planet, dubbed TOI-715 b, is about one and a half times as wide as Earth, and ...
Discovery Alert: A 'Super-Earth' in the Habitable Zone
Jan 31, 2024 · The discovery: A “super-Earth” ripe for further investigation orbits a small, reddish star that is, by astronomical standards, fairly close to us – only 137 light-years away. The same system also might harbor a second, Earth-sized planet. Key facts: The bigger planet, dubbed TOI-715 b, is about one and a half times as wide as Earth, and ...
Discovery Alert: Massive Planet is a ‘Hulk’ among Super-Earths
Nov 8, 2022 · The discovery: New data shows that TOI-1075 b is one of the most massive super-Earths discovered so far. Key facts: The planet, nearly 10 times Earth’s mass, orbits a small, red-orange star about 200 light-years away. Its year, once around the star, takes only 14 ½ hours.
‘Milestone’ discovery as JWST confirms atmosphere on an Earth …
May 8, 2024 · The planet investigated by JWST, called 55 Cancri e, orbits a Sun-like star 12.6 parsecs away and is considered a super-Earth, a terrestrial planet a little bigger than Earth — in this case,...
An ultra-short-period super-Earth with an extremely high ... - Nature
6 days ago · We present the discovery and characterization of a new multi-planetary system around the Sun-like star K2-360 (EPIC 201595106). K2-360 was first identified in K2 photometry as the host of an ultra ...
'Super-Earth' Found in Habitable Zone - Science | AAAS
Sep 12, 2011 · Of the 19 newly found super-Earths (exoplanets between a few and 10 times the mass of Earth), the most intriguing is HD 85512b, which weighs in at only 3.6 Earth masses. Its orbit lies in the habitable zone of its parent star, which means temperatures are just right for liquid water to exist on its surface, says Lisa Kaltenegger of the Max ...
Potentially Habitable Super-Earth is a Prime Target for …
The study of alien worlds is entering its next phase as astronomers amass the best planets outside our Solar System to look for signs of life. A newly discovered "super-Earth" orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby small star, has catapulted itself to the top of that list.