The first planet to be discovered inside the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. Its name is Kepler 22-b. When a planet is ...

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Space experts have uncovered a massive swarm of new supermassive black holes that could blow theories about galaxies wide open. A team of scientists using data from two NASA telescopes revealed ...

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Researchers have discovered an Earth-like planet with such an eccentric orbit that it swoops in and out of its habitable zone throughout its year. Though the super-Earth could theoretically be ...

The gigantic coronal hole is blasting high-speed solar wind toward Earth, potentially igniting vibrant auroras and minor geomagnetic activity on Jan. 31.

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the University of La Laguna (ULL) have confirmed the existence of a new super-Earth planet, HD 20794 d, in the habitable zone around the Sun-like star 82 Eridanus (HD 20794). This discovery is the ...

A "Super-Earth" planet found outside our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts from the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times that ...

Kepler-22b, 600 light-years away, is a super-Earth in its star's habitable zone, 2.4 times Earth's size, with a 290-day orbit. Kepler-69c, 70% larger than Earth and 2,700 light-years away ...

It also means, just like Earth, it's much more likely to have water on its surface - a key ingredient for life. HD 20794 d has been described by experts as a super-Earth, an Earth-like planet that ...

This is the background to the discovery of super-Earth HD 20794 d by an international team including the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the NCCR PlanetS. The new planet lies in an eccentric orbit, ...