Astronomers including Schmidt Sciences’ Arpita Roy & Guðmundur Stefánsson have discovered a “super-Earth” orbiting a nearby star 20 light-years away. GJ 251 c lies in the habitable zone — a prime target in the search for life beyond our solar system.
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Newly discovered ‘super-Earth’ offers prime target in search for alien life | Penn State University
The discovery of a possible “super-Earth” less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could harbor life, according to an…