New ‘super-Earth’ could aid in search for other life in space
But according to an international team of researchers, including some from the University of Geneva, in a study published Tuesday in Astronomy & Astrophysics believe the super-Earth, dubbed HD 20794 d, could offer new insights into what makes a planet capable of supporting life.
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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.
Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars' intense heat.
Earth's unusual orbit through hot and cold conditions tests the limits of tolerability for any known lifeforms.
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When an exoplanet is discovered, scientists are quick to describe it and explain its properties. Now, we know of thousands of ...
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Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...
Abstract One of the most characterizable types of rocky exoplanets for the coming decades are magma worlds, those with extensive lava or magma oceans at their surfaces, due to their hot, extended ...
The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...
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