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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...

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Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy. They confirmed the existence of a rocky planet, called a "super-Earth," that's some six times as massive as Earth. While the world HD 20794 d is ...

Scientists have discovered a “super-Earth” planet that may have conditions suitable for life, according to the University of Oxford. The exoplanet – a planet outside our solar system – has a mass six ...