An curved arrow pointing right. 55 Cancri e – a planet eight times the size of Earth – is 40 light-years away. Astronomers just found out what its air is made of. Produced by Matthew Stuart.

An curved arrow pointing right. Astronomers were recently able to map the temperature of 55 Cancri E — a Super-Earth 40 light-years away — and discovered half the planet is almost completely ...

A unique planet named 55 Cancri e has been discovered, situated around 41 light-years away from our planet. This finding ...