15 new planets discoverd; of them one 'super Earth' could harbour liquid water
Monday, 12 March 2018 () Scientists have discovered 15 new planets - including one 'super-Earth' that could harbour liquid water - orbiting small, cool stars near our solar system.
These stars, known as red dwarfs, are of enormous interest for studies of planetary formation and evolution.
The team led by Teruyuki Hirano of Tokyo Institute of...
A new study has found that the seven planets orbiting the nearby ultra-cool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 are all made mostly of rock, and some could potentially hold more water than Earth. The planets' densities, now known much more precisely than before, suggest that some of them could have up to 5 percent...
Monday, 12 March 2018 ()
