Astronomers have discovered ... around a planet twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system. The 55 Cancri e planet has been described as a “super Earth” due to its size, though astronomers ...

This new extrasolar planet, or exoplanet ... the first being the Trappist-1 system. The Earth-size world was discovered by the Search for habitable Planets Eclipsing Ultra-cool Stars (SPECULOOS ...

Following the announcement of a new “Hot Saturn ... the 10th confirmed planet TESS has discovered, but it’s the first one that is likely close to Earth in overall size.

They found that volcanic gases lacked significant steam, indicating the planet's interior ... 1453 c is twice Earth’s size and may have a... Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there ...

Earth" planet was discovered by researchers. It is not believed these planets are more common than previously thought.

The discovery of this new, farther-out super Earth is even more significant ... than Earth all the way to the size of Jupiter and beyond shows us that planets, and especially super-Earths, in ...

The scientists, which know very little about the planets aside from the fact that they exist, published their findings in a new research ... planet discovered around a star of its size.

Scientists have discovered planets similar in size to Earth in the past ... cautioned that 11 of these new planets are only candidates the moment. They need to be confirmed by other observations ...

Earth-size planets orbiting other stars. So far, more than 4,000 exoplanets of all sizes have been discovered, leading scientists to estimate that, in the Milky Way alone, there are 100 million ...

Astronomers have discovered ... of the larger planet population. "This gives more room for the unexpected," Yee said. "This measurement of the super-Earth population provides a new piece of ...