Just 41 light-years distant in the constellation of Cancer, Janssen (also called 55 Cancri e) is presently the best evidence to date for an atmosphere around a terrestrial, rocky planet outside ...
The exoplanet – a planet outside our solar system – was spotted by Oxford University scientists orbiting in the ‘habitable ...
A light year would be an inappropriate unit of measurement in these circumstances. Earth has a diameter of approximately 12,700km. The distance from Earth to the Moon is approximately 384,400km.
Tucked away in the constellation Coma Berenices just 105 light-years from Earth, the star HD 110067 is a hidden gem of the Milky Way. This parent star has guided its litter of six exoplanets to ...