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 ...

NASA scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery ... Earth's. The exoplanet completes one orbit every 12.8 days. "Gliese 12 b represents one of the best targets to study whether Earth-size ...

Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies these rocky, or "terrestrial," worlds are far more common than was suspected ...

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.

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet ... TOI-1453 b is a rocky planet orbiting close to its star, while TOI-1453 c is twice Earth’s size and may have a... Astronomers have uncovered extreme ...

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 ...

The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...