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New "Super-Earth" discovered only 22 light years away

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An international team of scientists led by Professors Guillem Anglada-Escudé and Paul Butler from the Carnegie Institution for Science in the U.S. has discovered a potentially habitable Super-Earth that's "just" 22 light years away. The new Super-Earth has a mass that is 4.5 times larger than that of our planet and it revolves around its parent star in 28 days - a star that is significantly smaller than ours. This remarkable new discovery suggests that habitable planets could exist in a wider variety of environments than previously believed. .. Continue Reading New "Super-Earth" discovered only 22 light years away

Section: Research Watch

Tags: Carnegie Mellon, Exoplanet, NASA, Planet, Space, Super-Earth

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