Thursday, June 5, 2025

Astronomers Find a Hidden Planet Partly in the Habitable Zone of its Star

Astronomers from China and Germany used the Transit Timing Variation method to detect a super-Earth orbiting the Sun-like star Kepler 725. Image Credit: GU Shenghong

Astronomers have found another super-Earth. It's about 10 times more massive than Earth, and orbits in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star about 2475 light-years away. These massive Earth-like planets hold key information about how planets form and evolve.



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