Long ago, a planetary object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have once visited the solar system and altered […] The post ...

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HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

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All solar system planets have fairly circular orbits with relatively minuscule differences in their distance from the sun at aphelion and perihelion. Venus and Neptune follow the most circular orbits.

Scientists have discovered a ‘super-Earth’ planet six times larger than our own which may have conditions suitable for life.

The exoplanet, which has been named HD 20794 d, orbits in the ‘habitable zone’ of a nearby star similar to our sun.