An overview of the known superearths.
Worlds without end: An overview of the known superearths.
Worlds without end: An overview of the known superearths.
Worlds without end: An overview of the known superearths.
Based on discoveries already made, astronomers now estimate there are probably more than a hundred habitable superEarths within 30 light years of the Sun.
Using two European-built ground-based telescopes in Chile, astronomers have announced today the discovery of 50 new exoplanets, 16 of which are considered super Earths, one of which is in the habitable zone of its star. You can read the preprint of their research paper here [pdf].
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