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A New Super-Earth Detected -- This is the Kind of Planet We ve Been Dreaming About for Decades (Weekend Feature)

  There was a time not too many decades ago when an astronomer suggesting the existence of life-bearing planets beyond our solar system would be considered heresy, albeit without the punishment of house arrest suffered by Galileo until his death in 1642. Fast forward to 2019, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, using HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher) on the ESO 3.6-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the first exoplanet around a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi b, later formally named Dimidium. They would share the prize “for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos” with James Peebles, Albert Einstein Professor Emeritus of Science at Princeton University.

This hot, rocky super-Earth is bigger than our planet

This hot, rocky super-Earth is bigger than our planet The planet, called Gliese 486b, is a super-Earth : that is, a rocky planet bigger than Earth but smaller than ice giants like Neptune and Uranus. Sydney: A rocky super-Earth planet discovered in the Virgo constellation could change how astronomers look for life in the universe, suggests new research. It is an astronomer s dream as the newly discovered planet could offer the best chance yet of studying rocky planet atmospheres outside the solar system. The planet, called Gliese 486b (pronounced Glee-seh), is a super-Earth : that is, a rocky planet bigger than Earth but smaller than ice giants like Neptune and Uranus.

Why this rocky super-Earth is an astronomer s dream

Why this rocky super-Earth is an astronomer s dream
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Gliese 486b : Why this rocky super-Earth is an astronomer s dream

Gliese 486b : Why this rocky super-Earth is an astronomer s dream
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