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.
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A scorching, rocky planet twice Earth’s size has a thick atmosphere, scientists sayThe so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among the few rocky planets ... Super Earth refers to a planet’s size — bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.
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 ...
The size and mass of this planet establish it ... scientists have revealed a secondary atmosphere by standing 55 Cancri e.
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