Nearly 50% of Rocky Exoplanets Revealed as 'Burning Worlds' with Lava Oceans: Study Explores Their Impact on Super-Earths

Medicine & Technology Oct 02, 2023

Scientists discover that lava worlds, hot super-Earths in close orbits, have unique features influenced by magma oceans, affecting size and mantle structure. Read the article to learn more about these exoplanets.

Super-earths Discovered: Astronomers Say These New Exoplanets Found Are Larger, More Conducive to Life Than Earth

Oct 03, 2022

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite detected a few specifically interesting planets orbiting in their parent stars’ habitable zones. Read to know more.

MIT Astronomers Discover 2 New Exoplanets Orbiting a Star; Can These Super-Earths Host Life?

Jun 16, 2022

The two new planets of rocky mineral goodness are found orbiting a star that is close to the galactic neighborhood of the Solar System. Check out these new worlds in this article.

'Mini-Neptune' Exoplanets With Puffy Atmospheres are Transforming Into Super-Earths; How Is This Possible?

Feb 04, 2022

Astronomers detected two puffy 'mini-Neptune' exoplanets that are 103 light-years away from Earth and look like turning into super-Earths as they lose their atmospheres like steam from a pot of boiling water.

Zodiacal Light Spotted in 3 Potentially Habitable Exoplanets Classified as Super-Earths

Jan 21, 2022

Astronomers and high school students in China detected zodiacal light in the skies of a few potentially habitable exoplanets, which could give scientists a clue of what other planets may look like.