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All about Super-Earths, their dwarf stars and how they're more habitable than our earth
I'm a professor of astronomy who studies galactic cores, distant galaxies, astrobiology and ex…
PTI
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This new super Earth is 70% bigger than our planet, but it's also more than 50 times hotter
It is 70% more massive than our home planet and one day on the planet only lasts 16 hours — that…
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Charlie Munger riffed on bitcoin, the woes of stock picking, and the simple habit behind his billionaire status in a recent interview. Here are the 8 best quotes.
Billionaire Charlie Munger said of his ongoing frugality: "Who in the hell with my wealth lives in …
Matthew Fox
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Two dozen superhabitable planets identified — some older, a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter than Earth
Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system that may have conditions mor…
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The best candidate for an Earth-like planet is also the farthest one detected yet — and it has a Guinness World Record to prove it
There’s only a handful of planets that fit the profile of being a potential second-home for …
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A newly found ‘super’ Earth only takes 2.4 days to complete a year
That means where Earth takes 365.25 days to complete a year, this new super Earth does in less than…
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Two new planets 8-times the size of Earth could support life — and they're right next-door
Finding a planet other than Earth to support human life is astronomy’s moonshot project. Two new ‘S…
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An ancient super-Earth offers an unexpected clue that life in our galaxy could be older than scientists thought
This rocky planet formed about 10 billion years ago, making it twice as old as Earth. It's too hot …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists have discovered water vapor on a potentially habitable super-Earth for the first time. That planet is now our best bet for finding alien life.
"Habitability as we understand it is a very Earth-centric concept. So we know one world that is hab…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Super-Earths are real and they could be an even better place for life than Earth
There's just one problem leaving this tropical paradise would be extremely difficult. The escape ve…
María Soledad González Romero,Jordan Bowman
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A second planet might orbit the closest star to the sun, and astronomers think it's a super-Earth
The team discovered Proxima c using a technique called radial velocity. It works like this: Planets…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Harvard scientists will soon send chemicals into the atmosphere to see if a last-ditch planet-hacking plan could keep Earth habitable
For now, SCoPEx will start small, as the balloons will release up to 35 ounces of calcium carbonate…
Peter Kotecki,Peter Kotecki
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Watch the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate movement in just 40 seconds
Geologists modeled the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate evolution in unprecedented deta…
Aylin Woodward
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Supermassive black hole is eating meals worth four Moons thrice a day
In fact, the phenomenon was so unprecedented that scientists had to coin a new phrase for it —…
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NASA's planet-hunter uncovers its first world with two stars 1,300 light-years away
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) revealed its observations during the 235th …
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NASA's newest planet-hunting telescope just discovered a 'super-Earth' and 2 'sub-Neptunes' less than 75 light-years away - among the closest exoplanets ever found
The new worlds also exhibit a unique mathematical quality that researchers don't fully understand y…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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We just sent a signal to make contact with aliens on a distant 'Super Earth' - here's what we said
Humans just tried to contact intelligent aliens. On Oct. 16, 17, and 18 a team of scientists sent …
Rob Ludacer,Rob Ludacer,Jessica Orwig
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Astronomers found a 'snowy' super-Earth less than 6 light-years away - and it may be the first planet we'll photograph beyond the solar system
Future ground observatories like the Extremely Large Telescope, or perhaps even the Giant Magellan …
Dave Mosher
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The human species will likely destroy itself long before the sun kills everyone on Earth, a Harvard scientists says
"I am inclined to believe that our civilization will disappear as a result of self-inflicted wounds…
Aylin Woodward
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Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable world just 31 light-years away, thanks to NASA's planet-hunting telescope
So far, the telescope has found over 850 potential new planets. The next step is for ground-based t…