• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 4th, 2014
Life May Be Impossible on Many Super-Earths

Life May Be Impossible on Many Super-Earths

New study differentiates between various objects in this class

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 4th, 2014
Three Quarters of All Stars May Have Exoplanets in Orbit

Three Quarters of All Stars May Have Exoplanets in Orbit

Virtually all red dwarfs have at least one companion

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 20th, 2014
Super-Earths May Feature Continents, Not Just Watery Surfaces

Super-Earths May Feature Continents, Not Just Watery Surfaces

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 9th, 2014
Super-Earths May Be More Earth-like than Thought

Super-Earths May Be More Earth-like than Thought

A new model refines their characteristics for the better

Super-Earth Exoplanets May Not Be Able to Support Life

Super-Earth Exoplanets May Not Be Able to Support Life

These worlds may simply be too different from Earth

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 9th, 2012
Spitzer Detects Super-Earth Around Distant Star

Spitzer Detects Super-Earth Around Distant Star

This is the first time the telescope finds an exoplanet

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 12th, 2012
Most Stars Have Planets in Orbit

Most Stars Have Planets in Orbit

Exoplanets are apparently the norm, not the exception, in the Milky Way

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 28th, 2011
Super-Earths May Be Analogous to Mars

Super-Earths May Be Analogous to Mars

Like the Red Planet, they may also lack a magnetosphere

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 7th, 2011
Kepler Will Supply Even More Exoplanetary Candidates

Kepler Will Supply Even More Exoplanetary Candidates

The latest batch is not the last the spacecraft will produce

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 27th, 2011
Spitzer Finds Water on Exoplanet 55 Cancri e

Spitzer Finds Water on Exoplanet 55 Cancri e

This object is a large, super-Earth-class planet

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 22nd, 2011
Internet Users Find Two New Exoplanets

Internet Users Find Two New Exoplanets

Telescopes are now scrambling to verify the discovery

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 3rd, 2011
New Class of Planets Defined

New Class of Planets Defined

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 15th, 2009
Four 'Super-Earth' Exoplanets Found

Four 'Super-Earth' Exoplanets Found

They all revolve around two Sun-like stars

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 2nd, 2009
Life May Exist on 'Super-Earths'

Life May Exist on 'Super-Earths'

They may actually be better at it

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • January 10th, 2008
Earth Is Barely Habitable

Earth Is Barely Habitable

Our planet is just the right size!