Most exoplanets are discovered by looking for how they dim the light coming from their parent stars, so bigger planets are easier to find. Nikola Smolenski, CC BY-SA. Another reason super-Earths ...

By definition, super-Earths have many of the attributes of a super habitable planet. To date, astronomers have discovered two dozen super-Earth exoplanets that are, if not the best of all possible ...

A huge "super-Earth" with an extreme climate that results in it being habitable for only part of its orbit has been discovered orbiting a star 2,472 light years away.

NASA announces new 'super-Earth': Exoplanet orbits in 'habitable zone,' is only 137 light-years away. LEAH SARNOFF. Mon, February 5, 2024 at 6:57 PM UTC. 2 min read.

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The researchers found three super-Earths (planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune) orbiting the star, with the farthest planet, K2-155d, potentially in its habitable zone.

The planet dubbed TOI-715 b, which is about 1½ times as wide as Earth, is just the latest exoplanet astronomers have observed and theo r ized could support life.

Astronomers announced Wednesday that they had discovered the nearest potentially habitable planet outside our solar system. The newfound exoplanet — a so-called super-Earth named GJ 357 d ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chris Impey, University of Arizona (THE CONVERSATION) Astronomers now routinely ...