Scientists have discovered two “super-Earth” exoplanets, one of which is in its star’s habitable zone.
Could LP 890-9c actually be habitable? That’s unknown. It’s a “super-Earth,” but don’t assume that it’s like Earth only slightly larger. LP 890-9c is probably rocky and about a third larger than Earth, but it takes just 8.5 days to orbit its star. Since it orbits a star much cooler than our Sun that checks-out.
Before this “super-Earth” is declared even possibly Earth-like a lot more observations need to be made, specifically by the James Webb Space Telescope , which could help researchers examine its atmosphere—if it has one.
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