“Super-Earth” with a special characteristic

An international research team has discovered a “super-Earth” with a special property: the exoplanet HD 20794 d, which is almost twenty light years away from Earth, could provide new insights into the habitability of other celestial bodies. According to the University of Geneva, the celestial body tests new hypotheses about extraterrestrial life. As the experts announced on Tuesday, the planet with the name HD 20794 d oscillates between the habitable and non-habitable zones on its elliptical orbit around its sun. The habitable zone is the area around a star where…

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Asteroid hurtling towards Earth – threat of disaster?

Researchers are in turmoil: the asteroid “2024 YR4” could hit the Earth on December 22, 2032. The consequences would be catastrophic. The 60-metre asteroid is still 43 million kilometers away from Earth – according to current calculations, it would be possible for this celestial body to come within 2,000 kilometers of Earth in seven years’ time, on 22 December 2032.With a probability of 1:83, the object could even collide with the Earth – a rather unpleasant Christmas present. “1:83 is one of the highest probabilities for an impact of a…

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