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 ...

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 star-orbiting time for 55 Cancri e takes just 17 hours, and hence the intense temperature of 2,400°C makes it like molten lava on the surface. In addition, researchers think the world can ...