Author: Lisa Grossman / Source: Science News Earth may not provide the best blueprint for how rocky planets are born. An analysis of planets outside the solar system suggests that most hot, rocky exoplanets started out more like gassy Neptunes. Such planets are rocky now because their stars blew

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama It was only a couple of weeks ago that astronomy fans were all excited about planet GJ 1132b, which shows evidence of an atmosphere. But the information from outside our solar system comes thick and fast (scientists have catalogued over 3,400 exoplanets),

HIP 116454b is located in the constellation Pisces, approximately 180 light-years from Earth. It is a super-Earth exoplanet, with a diameter of 32,000 km – two and a half times the size of our planet – and a mass of almost 12 times that of Earth. HIP 116454b circles a K1-type orange dwarf