New habitable zone super-Earth found in exosolar system
Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 10:00
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have discovered a new super-Earth in the habitable zone, where liquid water and a stable atmosphere could reside, around the nearby star HD 40307. It is one of three new super-Earths found around the star that has three other low-mass planets orbiting it.