Astronomers Unlock the Mysteries of Super-Earths
A star about 100 light years away in the Pisces constellation, GJ 9827, hosts what may be one of the most massive and dense super-Earth…
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Study Details Why Super-Earths Have Long-Lasting Oceans
A newly published study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals why oceans on super-Earths, once established, can last for billions of years. Cambridge, Massachusetts…
How to Distinguish Habitable Worlds Apart from Lifeless Gas Giants
A new study demonstrates how to distinguish between cloudy mini-Neptunes and volatile-dominated super-Earths based on the differences in the wing steepness and relative depths of…
Study Suggests Super-Earths Are More Like Mini-Neptunes
A newly published study suggests that super-Earths are surrounded by extended hydrogen-rich envelopes and that they are more like mini-Neptunes than Earth. In the last…
Atmosphere of Super-Earth GJ1214b Possibly Includes Abundant Water Vapor
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers probed the atmosphere around the transiting super-Earth known as GJ1214b and concluded that unless the atmosphere has a thick…