super-earth

A young ‘cotton candy’ exoplanet the size of Jupiter may shrink into a super-Earth

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Using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that a cotton candy-like planet the size of Jupiter, located about 350 light-years away, is shrinking and on its way to becoming a ‘sub-Neptune’ or ‘super-Earth’ ‘ format. world. The extrasolar planet or ‘exoplanet’ called V1298 Tau b is not only one of the lightest planets ever … Read more

The mystery of the missing super-Earths and mini-Neptunes may finally be solved

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Scientists have discovered that some planets migrate to the hearts of their planetary systems early in their lives, which may explain the lack of planets we see that are about twice the width of Earth. Over the years, scientists have managed to observe many exoplanets smaller or larger than Earth, but planets exactly between 1.6 … Read more