Topic > Super-Earths in the Universe - 943

Have you ever wondered what planets like the moving one Avatar are? You know, I think there are planets similar to that in our universe. Well, in a way there are. You see, there are planets in our galaxy that astronomers have discovered that may be a more realistic version of what you might have imagined. These planets are called Super-Earths and some of them may even be habitable. However, so far there is no clear evidence of traces of life on these planets, but scientists more or less simply use a specific method to test whether life could become established there if liquid water could be a continuous presence because these planets are very far too many light years away for a human to study them successfully. A Super-Earth is occasionally called by a few names, such as mini-Neptunes, exoplanets, and gas dwarfs. As far as I know, the term Super-Earth is the most commonly used name. Even a Super-Earth, by definition, is defined only by their masses and the term Super-Earths also does not imply other characteristics or properties, such as habitability, an environment that could be similar to the Earth itself, temperature, properties orbitals, geological or chemical compositions, and so on. Super-Earths also usually have a mass between one and ten times that of our home planet. As for their detection within our galaxy, it really depends favorably on the evolutionary state that the Super-Earth is in at that time and since usually the changes of evolutionary stages vary, each one can pass faster or slower to depending on its size and mass. The favorable state of detection for a newly discovered Super-Earth is its young oceanic state of magma which plays a role in the intense brightness of the planet which can be seen at large...... middle of paper ..... .. .NSF. "Astronomers detect three 'Super-Earths' in nearby star's habitable zone." Nsf.gov. National Science Foundation, June 26, 2013. Web. April 7, 2014. Palma, Christopher. "The habitable zone." E-Education. Pennsylvania State University, 2014. Web. April 12, 2014. “Stagnant Lid Convection.” Stagnant lid convection. Washington University in St. Louis, n.d. Web. 12 April 2014. .Walter, Fred. "Habitable zone." Habitable area. Stony Brook University Astronomy Program Department of Physics and Astronomy, nd Web. 9 April. 2014. .