SuperEarth

Scientists have discovered a Super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star. The discovery is the first made by the IRD Subaru Strategic Program (IRD-SSP). Additionally, it has posed new questions to astronomers, who are now questioning whether low-mass stars, such as red dwarf stars, can provide planets capable of supporting life. Newly discovered super-Earth orbits a red dwarf The super-Earth’s orbit path as it skims through the habitable zone of Ross 508. Image source: Astrobiology Center / Subaru TelescopeThe…

The presence of a super-Earth exoplanet has recently come to light that is found it be within the ‘habitable zone’ of its star. But the real question is - is it really habitable.    The exoplanet goes by the Ross 508b, and is about 36.5 light-years away from us. It is about four times bigger than earth. As per experts, the exoplanet is ‘likely to be terrestrial, or rocky, rather than gaseous.’  Ross 508b orbits around its star every 10.75 days. Though…

The very tiny motion of a small star has revealed the presence of a super-Earth exoplanet, orbiting at a distance that is close to habitable.Around a faint red dwarf called Ross 508, located just 36.5 light-years away (yet too dim to be seen with the naked eye), astronomers have confirmed the existence of a world just 4 times the mass of Earth. Given what we know about planetary mass limits, that means the world is likely to be terrestrial, or rocky, rather than gaseous.  The exoplanet, named Ross 508 b, is unlikely to…