Top 10 “Super Earths” Discovered This Year

this is crazy…did you know about THESE?

Exoplanets may be the biggest discovery in all of astronomy for the last decade.  Some may argue other galaxies and the like may be more fitting to say are the most amazing finds.  However, actual planets that may have properties like ours and that are observable with giant telescopes is absolutely amazing.  The most famous is kepler 452-b but did you know there were a lot of similar ones? And here is the name of one of the finds:

The planet HD189733b may become a Super Earth. This gas giant orbits its parent star at 1/30th the distance between Earth and the Sun. A flare from the star blasted its atmosphere, sending a plume of gas flying into space at a rate of 1000 tons per second.

Let’s find out more about these top 10 exoplanets in the video on page 2

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