Newly Identified <br />'Super-Earth' , In Nearby Solar System , May Be Habitable.<br />A team of international scientists have <br />discovered two new "super-Earth" type <br />planets approximately 100 light-years away. .<br />NPR reports that one of those <br />planets may be suitable for life.<br />First, a NASA satellite discovered planet LP 890-9b, which is about 30% bigger than Earth and has a lightning quick orbit of 2.7 days around its sun.<br />On August 7, researchers at Belgium's University of Liège <br />announced that a second planet in the solar system <br />had been spotted with Earth-based telescopes. .<br />LP 890-9c is 40% larger than Earth <br />and has a slightly slower orbit of 8.5 days.<br />ULiège researchers <br />renamed LP 890-9c , 'SPECULOOS-2c.'.<br />According to Francisco Pozuelos, one of the main co-authors of the paper, the planet may be suitable <br />for life despite being only 3.7 million miles from its sun. .<br />By comparison, Earth is, over 93 million miles , away from our sun. .<br />Although this planet orbits very close to <br />its star, at a distance about 10 times shorter <br />than that of Mercury around our sun, .., Francisco Pozuelos, Researcher at the Institute <br />of Astrophysics of Andalusia, via NPR.<br />... the amount of stellar irradiation it receives <br />is still low, and could allow the presence <br />of liquid water on the planet's surface, <br />provided it has a sufficient atmosphere, Francisco Pozuelos, Researcher at the Institute <br />of Astrophysics of Andalusia, via NPR.<br />This is because the star LP 890-9 is about <br />6.5 times smaller than the sun and has <br />a surface temperature half that of our star, Francisco Pozuelos, Researcher at the Institute <br />of Astrophysics of Andalusia, via NPR
