Alien ‘super-Earth’ may offer clues about extraterrestrial life
- 05-Mar-2021
Its proximity to Earth and its physical traits make it well suited for a study of its atmosphere with the next generation of space-borne and ground-based telescopes
Astronomers discover a cold super-Earth in our neighbourhood!
- 22-Nov-2018
An international group of astronomers, involving the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, has succeeded in detecting a planet around Barnard’s star, which is only six light years away. The planet has just over three times the mass of Earth and is slightly colder than Saturn. The discovery was made by measuring the […]