Feb 8, 2024 · Astronomers used NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite to find a “super-Earth” as well as a possible Earth-size planet, both orbiting a star 137 light-years away.

Sep 26, 2023 · The last mass extinction occurred some 66 million years ago, when an asteroid slammed into Earth and killed off the dinosaurs and most life on the planet. CNN’s Angela Fritz, Rachel Ramirez and ...

Jan 12, 2021 · A hot and rocky exoplanet known as a super-Earth has been discovered orbiting one of the oldest stars in our Milky Way galaxy, according to a new study.

Jan 10, 2023 · A NASA mission has spotted an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a small star about 100 light-years away. The planet, named TOI 700 e, is likely rocky and 95% the size of our world.

Nov 6, 2024 · Planet Nine, according to Batygin, is a “super-Earth” object, about five to seven times the mass of our planet, and its orbital period is between 10,000 and 20,000 years.

Feb 8, 2024 · Los astrónomos descubrieron una “supertierra”, es decir, un mundo mayor que nuestro planeta, en órbita alrededor de una estrella situada a unos 137 años luz. Un segundo planeta, del tamaño ...

Nov 14, 2018 · Astronomers have found a frozen exoplanet more than three times the mass of Earth, orbiting a star that’s only six light-years away.

Jun 25, 2020 · Astronomers have discovered two super-Earth exoplanets orbiting a star 11 light-years away from Earth, according to a new study. There is also a potential third planet orbiting a bit further away ...

Apr 19, 2017 · It’s designated as a super-Earth because the planet is 40% larger than our home planet – 11,000 miles in diameter, 6.6 times the mass of Earth and a much higher density.

Dec 8, 2022 · This super-Earth, so named because it’s a rocky planet eight times as massive and twice as wide as Earth, is so scorching hot that it has a molten lava ocean for a surface that reaches 3,600 ...