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 ...

SOME 124 light years from our world lies planet "Super Earth" where everything is said to be covered by vast ocean and a year lasts just 33 days. Top scientists claim to have found the best-ever ...

"We found a 'super-Earth'—meaning it's bigger than our home planet but smaller than Neptune—in a place where only planets thousands or hundreds of times more massive than Earth were found ...

A super-Earth is planet with a rocky surface like Earth but whose mass is 1-10 times bigger with an orbital period of over a year. An exoplanet is a planet that orbits a star rather than Earth's sun.

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 ...