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NASA Characterizes Super-Earth Atmosphere Friday, December 03, 2010 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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A team of astronomers, including two NASA Sagan Fellows, has made the first characterizations of a super-Earth's atmosphere, by using a ground-based telescope. A super-Earth is a planet up to three times the size of Earth and weighing up to 10 times as much. The findings, reported in the Dec. 2 issue of the journal Nature, are a significant milestone toward eventually being able to probe the atmospheres of Earth-like planets for signs of life. (source: nasa.gov)
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