Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies these rocky, or "terrestrial," worlds are far more common than was suspected ...

Super-Earths are worlds that are bigger than our planet but smaller ... and the eclipse that is formed actually produces a little increase in light as the gravity of the planet magnifies the star ...

The knock-on changes from a super-Earth – dubbed Phaeton by the researchers – were intriguing. "If it's one or two Earth masses, which is still a pretty big planet, our inner Solar System ...

A suitcase-sized quantum sensor could soon reveal hidden water, oil, and even underground mountains—all by tracking how atoms fall.

Super-Earths are worlds that are bigger than our ... and the eclipse that is formed actually produces a little increase in light as the gravity of the planet magnifies the star behind.

Super-Earths, in short, are planets with masses ... a phenomenon first predicted by Albert Einstein in his 1915 theory of gravity, general relativity. A diagram showing an exaggerated example ...