Super-Earth

Move over TRAPPIST-1 – there’s an exciting new planetary system in town. Meet Kepler-385, home to seven Super-Earths that were just discovered in existing data.

Astronomers have analyzed the atmosphere of a large exoplanet and found that it could have liquid water – and so possibly life – on its surface. This new study adds weight to the idea that habitable exoplanets don’t have to be strictly Earth-sized.

NASA’s TESS mission has been very busy lately, making many exoplanet discoveries. Now, the productive little satellite has made another important discovery – the closest super-Earth that’s potentially habitable.

NASA astronomers have managed to probe the atmosphere of GJ 3470 b, a planet unlike any in our solar system. It marks the first time for this kind of world, and could be a step towards identifying potentially habitable planets.

When scanning for potentially habitable exoplanets, astronomers look for similar conditions to Earth. Tiny, turbulent pulsars aren’t usually given a second thought, but a new study has calculated that these neutron stars could indeed host habitable planets – under very specific circumstances.

​​An international team of scientists has announced the discovery of a new “super-Earth” exoplanet that could represent our best chance of finding E.T. outside of our solar system.

​Using data collected by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers have produced the first ever heat map of an Earth-like exoplanet. The alien climate map paints a grim picture of a world scorched by its close proximity to its host star.

Scientists have for the first time analyzed the atmospheric composition of a distant planet roughly the size of our own, revealing a mix of hydrogen, helium and carbon-based molecules.

NASA has announced that the Kepler space probe has discovered two planetary systems that include three “super-Earths” in the "habitable zones” in two star systems that include an exoplanet that is the closest in size to Earth yet found.

A team led by Helmut Lammer at the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences have produced new models that indicates that some super-Earths may really be mini-Neptunes.

A recent analysis of the data gathered from the Kepler telescope has revealed that Earth-sized planets across our Milky Way are much more common than previously thought.

Five exoplanets, two of which reside in the habitable zone, have been found orbiting the Sun-like star Tau Ceti.