Tag Archives: Solar system

A set of super-Earths has been found orbiting one of our closest stars, scientists say. Planets may be among the best opportunities to find life outside our solar system, say the researchers who discovered them. The system orbits the star Gliese 887, the brightest red dwarf in the sky. That …

A recently published study by NASA researchers suggests that there may be planets in the Milky Way galaxy other than Earth that have an ocean. The research, published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, notes that more than a quarter of the 53 exoplanets (planets outside the …