A newly found super-Earth could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets twice the diameter of Earth.

K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by ...

NASA has discovered a new world, named Gliese 12 b. It is roughly the size of Earth, lies in the habitable zone, and orbits every 12.8 days.

could be a super-Earth ice or water world. The findings, led by Université de Montréal, challenge previous assumptions about LHS 1140 b. Initially thought to be a mini-Neptune with a thick ...

NASA is always on the hunt for planets like our own, and recently found a new super-Earth by the name of TOI-715b. The planet is larger than our own, but it’s position and makeup mean that it ...

Two planets outside the solar system have been identified orbiting a star located nearly 250 light-years away from Earth in ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a super-Earth that will allow astronomers to test new hypotheses in the quest for life in the Universe. The habitable zone around the star HD 20794 ...

Classified as a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, these two new celestial bodies are among the most common types of exoplanets found in the Milky Way galaxy, yet are absent from our own solar system.

Most exoplanets are discovered when they pass in front of their home star and block out some of the light shining toward Earth. However, in this case, researchers think we are looking at Barnard's ...

Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL–Caltech A super-Earth that could explain the universe's mysterious lack of certain exoplanets has been found by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS ...