Oxford researchers discovered a 'super-Earth' planet named HD 20794 d, which could have conditions suitable for life; The planet has a mass six times greater than Earth's and orbits within the ...

Earth" that is located about 154 light-years away and is nearly twice as big and four times as massive as our planet.

People of Earth are in luck they are 64 light-years away from a planet that is scorching hot and smells like rotten eggs, according to researchers. Planet HD 189733b is a gas giant exoplanet ...

Scientists have discovered a so-called “super-Earth” planet, potentially capable of supporting life, orbiting a sun-like star just 20 light-years away. This “super-Earth,” dubbed HD 20794 ...

“It is among the closest Earth analogues we know about and given its peculiar orbit,” Cretignier said. An artist’s impression of the new planet HD 20794 d orbiting its star. Gabriel Pérez / IAC ...

For stars such as the Sun or HD 20794, it can extend from 0.7 to 1.5 astronomical units (AU), encompassing not only the orbit of the Earth but also that of Mars in the case of the Sun.

Although a world of fire and ice might seem inhospitable, Dumusque doesn’t consider that a showstopper—especially, in fact, if HD 20794 d is more “planet ocean” than a supersized planet Earth.

Almost 30 years after the first planet outside our solar system was discovered, more than 7,000 other exoplanets have been identified. Now, it’s time to add another to the list. A team of researchers ...

This is the background to the discovery of super-Earth HD 20794 d by an international team. The new planet lies in an eccentric orbit, so that it oscillates in and out of its star's habitable zone.