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SCIENTISTS have discovered a new super-Earth with an 'eccentric' orbit that swings it in-and-out of its star's habitable zone. Nearby exoplanet, HD 20794 d, orbits a star very similar to our Sun ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

More than six times as massive as Earth, scientists are describing it as a 'super Earth'. It is located in the Eridanus constellation and is in the habitable zone of its star, meaning liquid ...

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However, the large eccentricity means its orbit ranges from as far as 2 astronomical units (300 million km/186 million miles — i.e. twice the Earth–sun distance) from its star to as close as 0 ...

This is the background to the discovery of super-Earth HD 20794 d by an international team including the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the NCCR PlanetS. '"Are we alone in the universe?"' ...

Astronomers have just uncovered an intriguing planet not far from us in cosmic terms. It’s a super-Earth, orbiting a star similar to our Sun, and it might have the conditions necessary to support life ...

A newly discovered asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in December of 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be 196 feet (60 meters) wide, and it is currently 27 ...

ICE agents detained seven people during a raid at a car wash in Philadelphia, according to the immigration rights group Juntos NBC Universal, Inc. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...