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NASA mission has discovered a second Earth-sized, rocky planet within the habitable zone of its star -- the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet's surface
In Montreal at the fifth Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the world has come together to land a historic deal to protect nature and biodiversity
Webb's unmatched infrared sensitivity has now confirmed the presence of carbon dioxide on this planet as well
This theoretical planet could be taking between 10,000 and 20,000 Earth years for one full revolution around the Sun
A significant step towards the detection of life beyond our solar system
The radial velocity method takes advantage of the fact that the planet's gravity also affects star
This is because the massive planet has a tilted orbit and solar system has no choice but to slowly twist out of alignment