For the first time in history, a crowdsourced team of amateur citizen scientists has discovered a multi-planetary system.
While examining a previously-discovered exoplanet, an international team of astronomers discovered a second Super-Earth around the star.
Twice as big as Earth, the super-Earth 55 Cancri e was thought to have lava flows on its surface. Now, a new analysis finds this planet likely has an atmosphere whose ingredients could be similar to those of Earth.
A recent study involving data collected by the K2 mission has revealed three possible Super-Earths around a nearby Sun-like star.
The 20 new worlds have been found around eight bright, Sun-like stars by the HARPS Echelle Spectograph instrument, mounted on the 3.6m telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile.
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” has catapulted itself to the top of that list.
An international team of researchers have found another planet orbiting a red dwarf; in this case, a small super-Earth less than 33 light years away.
For the first time, astronomers have analyzed the atmosphere of an exoplanet in the class known as super-Earths. Using data gathered with the Hubble Space Telescope and new analysis techniques, the exoplanet 55 Cancri e is revealed to have a dry atmosphere without any indications of water vapor.
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Only four days into the New Year and the first four exoplanets of 2012 have been spotted orbiting four distant stars.
Astronomers using ESO’s world-leading exoplanet hunter HARPS have today announced a rich haul of more than 50 new exoplanets, including 16 super-Earths, one of which orbits at the edge of the habitable zone of its star. By studying the properties of all the HARPS planets found so far, the team has found that about 40% of stars similar to the Sun have at least one planet lighter than Saturn.
