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Water Vapour Detected In The Atmosphere Of A Potentially Habitable Super-Earth

Science & Health

1 year ago

Water Vapour Detected In The Atmosphere Of A Potentially Habitable Super-Earth

George Dvorsky

Online

2 years ago

Intense Gravity Of Super-Earths Could Trap Aliens On Their Home Planet

George Dvorsky

Online

3 years ago

This Is The Smallest Exoplanet Known To Have An Atmosphere

George Dvorsky

Using a ground-based telescope, an international team of astronomers has detected traces of an atmosphere around an exoplanet located 39 light-years away. This exoplanet is not much larger than our own, making it the most Earth-like planet known to harbour an atmosphere.

Online

5 years ago

Molten Lava Flows On This Super-Earth’s Surface Like Water

George Dvorsky

Online

5 years ago

Could There Be Massive Planets In The Far Reaches Of Our Solar System?

George Dvorsky

A pair of new studies claim to have discovered two of the most distant objects ever seen in the outer reaches of the Solar System, including a “Super Earth” located six times further away than Pluto. It’s an extraordinary claim — and it’s also highly unlikely.