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.

a super-Earth about twice the size of Earth with an orbit larger than Saturn’s. It was found through microlensing, which happens when a planet’s gravity bends and magnifies the light of a ...

Gravity is one of the fundamental forces that helps life stay stable on Earth and keeps us grounded. Yet, across the globe, there are mysterious spots where the laws of physics seem to bend or ...

How common are super-Earth exoplanets throughout the universe? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of more than 60 researchers used a well-known ...

While it can be relatively easy to locate worlds that orbit close to their star, planets with wider paths can be difficult to ...

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 ...