Where is our solar system's super-Earth?
The planets astronomers see often around other stars are strangely absent from our own solar system. We’re still figuring out why.
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The planets astronomers see often around other stars are strangely absent from our own solar system. We’re still figuring out why.
On this “May the 4th Be With You,” Cosmos is compiling a list of real exoplanets which may resemble some of the fictional worlds in Star Wars.
Using data from space telescopes, researchers recently found two possible water-rich exoplanets. It bolsters hope for finding life beyond Earth.
Planets beyond our solar system called "super-Earths" are common in the universe. Astronomers want to know if these worlds are habitable, and if any of them are like Earth. Instruments like the James Webb Space Telescope will peer into the atmospheres of these exotic worlds.
Two worlds orbiting a tiny star 218 light-years away appear to be of a kind unlike anything we have in our Solar System.