This is why they consider it a super Earth:
55 Cancri e qualifies as a super-Earth with a mass of about 8 Earth-masses, and thanks to a new study, we now know that its atmosphere contains hydrogen and helium, but no water vapour.
And here are two of the ten exoplanets of interest in this video:
– Kepler-186f
Kepler-186f was the first rocky planet to be found within the habitable zone — the region around the host star where the temperature is right for liquid water. This planet is also very close in size to Earth. Even though we may not find out what’s going on at the surface of this planet anytime soon, it’s a strong reminder of why new technologies are being developed that will enable scientists to get a closer look at distant worlds.
Image Credits: NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech– Kepler-11 system
This was the first compact solar system discovered by Kepler, and it revealed that a system can be tightly packed, with at least five planets within the orbit of Mercury, and still be stable. It touched off a whole new look into planet formation ideas and suggested that multiple small planet systems, like ours, may be common.
Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Check back for updates on 55 Cancri e as they come in as well as for Kepler-452 b which may be the most famous exoplanet…
thanks to sciencealert.com for the great info
a great big ball of fire
That’s what we were at one point
If WE can’t live on it, it’s not a super earth, it’s just a big rocky planet at the moment.
Call it Earth when we can live there.
Billions of years ago.
Snuffy Smith would be proud!
Lol
No s**t
It’s called a similarity you dumbass…..fuckn planet has allot of you fucks….. im so sad people like you Co exist
Adan Alejandro Montañez
I’m more informed than you may believe my angry friend.
You’re a very angry little person and a big part of the ills in our world.
I stand by my statement.
I wish you luck and good fortune with your anger issues, though I expect you to fail miserably.
Adan Alejandro Montañez
Ps
Dude, you’re no Tony Stark.
Lol
Until we figure out how to get there, the discovery has zero value.
Mustafar
I hope we never get there.. Because well just destroy it if we do.. Hey look a new place to have our wars.. Great…
Well, to begin with, it means that someone sucks at naming things.
Not necessarily. For one, candidate planets for intelligence life can vastly improve an organization like SETIs efficiency. Also they give us more information on how and why planets form…in which regions and what types of elements and chemical processes are happening can help us understand what types of events occur that could produce life and how rare or common they are.