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This is a great time to be a space scientist as the latest space telescopes are allowing them to identify more Earth-like
The planets, which are about one and a half times the size of the Earth, were discovered along with its host star by Nasa’s Kepler Space Telescope.
A super-Earth is a type of planet that has a mass of 1.5 to 10 times greater than Earth’s. Over 1,500 super-Earths have been found.
Lean about four different ways we explore and research the planets in our Solar System.
Finding forming planets is a tough but important job for astronomers: Only three planets have ever been discovered caught in the process of forming, and the most recent of these was found just weeks ago. Study: Gemini-LIGHTS: Herbig Ae/Be and massive T-Tauri protoplanetary disks imaged with Gem