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Artist rendering of super-Earth exoplanet 55 Cancri e in close orbit with its sun. (NASA)

Astronomers Observe Exoplanet Temperatures Swinging Wildly

May 4, 2015

For the first time ever, scientists in the United Kingdom detected temperature fluctuations on a super-Earth exoplanet – 55 Cancri e, the so-called “diamond planet.” Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope to study the rocky exoplanet’s thermal radiation over a two-year period, researchers led by the University of Cambridge found that the temperature on the side […]

Scientists Discover Planet Covered in Diamonds

October 22, 2012

Scientists have found a planet outside of our solar system which could be a true diamond in the rough. This gem of a planet is twice Earth’s size, according to the US-Franco team that found it, and its surface appears to be covered in graphite and diamond. Researchers estimate that at least one-third of the […]

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