An curved arrow pointing right. 55 Cancri e – a planet eight times the size of Earth – is 40 light-years away. Astronomers just found out what its air is made of. Produced by Matthew Stuart.

The so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among the few rocky planets outside our solar system with a significant atmosphere, wrapped a blanket of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.

An curved arrow pointing right. Astronomers were recently able to map the temperature of 55 Cancri E — a Super-Earth 40 light-years away — and discovered half the planet is almost completely ...

This is an artist's impression of 55 Cancri e from further away ... or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.

A unique planet named 55 Cancri e was discovered ... the extreme and diverse conditions that function beyond our solar system. The milky way is a fascinating space, one that leads to new ...

The researchers believe they have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet ... planet atmosphere outside our solar system. While the planet is too hot to be ...