This Super-Earth's lead-like density puts it in a very exclusive club. It's twice Earth's density of 5.5 grams per cubic ...

Imagine a massive planet, barely larger than Earth, lurking between Mars and Jupiter, creating chaos in our Solar System.

Astronomers have uncovered an extraordinary planetary system that offers fresh insights into the dynamics of planets orbiting ...

A pair of planetary scientists simulated how our solar system might have evolved if it had a super-Earth orbiting where the ...

Over many millions of years, NASA suspects the young world could mature into either of the most common planets found in our Milky Way galaxy: a "super-Earth" or mini-Neptune.

Forming an estimated 3 million years ago, the planet discovered by astronomers at the University of North Carolina is in its ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Scientists have discovered a Super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star. The discovery is ...

NASA's TESS satellite has discovered a Neptune-sized exoplanet closely orbiting its host star. It's just the fourth object of ...

The discovery was made possible by NASA's K2 ... This places it closer to being a "super-Earth" than a "super-Mercury," despite its extreme density. "Our interior structure models indicate that ...

Scientists using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope sought to observe a planet beyond our solar system (an exoplanet) ...

Related: NASA exoplanet telescope discovers 'super-Earth' in its star's Goldilocks zone Simpson and Chen built computer simulations of what would happen if a super-Earth orbited the sun somewhere ...