An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.
The exoplanet HD 20794 d takes 647 days to orbit ... during the planet's revolution around the star. Detecting this super-Earth was not easy and the process was iterative. The team analyzed ...
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Newly discovered super-Earth orbits in and out of its star's habitable zone. Could life survive its extreme climate?A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.
HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...
Scientists believe the exoplanet HD 20794 d, six times the mass of Earth, could harbour liquid water on its surface.
Researchers from the University of Oxford have discovered an exoplanet dubbed HD ... More than six times as massive as Earth, scientists are describing it as a 'super Earth'.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.
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Scientists discover ‘super-Earth’ planet that may be suitable for lifeThe exoplanet – a planet outside our solar system – has a mass six times greater than that of Earth, and orbits in the ...
Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.
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Super-Earth's Long Orbit Makes It Only Occasionally HabitableThe exoplanet HD 20794d swoops in and out of its habitable zone every few hundred days, making for an extreme climate.
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