‘Super Earth’ orbits fastest-moving star

The American Press

Consider the subject of a recent study in the British journal Nature which delved into the aspects of what it calls “Super Earth” — a planet, it says, is much bigger and a lot colder than our world.

The study, which was published earlier this month, said the planet was discovered in orbit around a nearby star.

According to the study, the Super Earth is more than three times the mass of the Earth and about 238 degrees below zero.

Super Earths are planets that have masses that are larger than the Earth but are not as big as the ice giants in our solar system such as Uranus and Neptune.

The first super-Earths were discovered by Alexsander Wolszczan and Dale Frail in 1992. The two outer planets of that system have masses approximately four times that of Earth.

The first super-Earth around a main-sequence star was discovered by a team under Eugenio Rivera in 2005. It has an estimated mass of 7.5 Earth masses and an orbital period of about two days.

Ignasi Ribas of Spain’s Institute of Space Sciences, who was the study’s lead scientist, said, “After a very careful analysis, we are 99 percent confident that the planet (dubbed Barnard’s Star B), is there.”

The planet appeared to a be a frozen, dimly lit world as it was observed through data that was retrieved from a worldwide array of telescopes.

“We used observations from seven different instruments, spanning 20 years of measurements, making this one of the largest and most extensive data sets ever used,” Ribas said.

The study said the newly discovered planet is the second-closest known exoplanet (planets outside our solar system) to the Earth and orbits the fastest-moving star in the night sky.

It’s a great big world out there and who knows what else there is that’s just waiting to be discovered?

Fascinating indeed.””Super earth

SportsPlus

Crime

Death of two women at Topsy Road home under investigation

McNeese Sports

Know your foe: Demons struggle to rebuild

life

Smoke & Barrel: Aged since 2018 with character aplenty

life

Bingo With a Purpose: Seniors have fun, learn about abuse prevention

Jim Beam

Jim Beam column: Ending tax breaks is tough

Local News

McNeese awarded $2.2M grant to offer resources, tutoring, peer support to students

Local News

Allen school employees in line for two supplement pay increases

Crime

LC man arrested during joint undercover operation targeting online offenders

Local News

Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump’s conviction in hush money case

Crime

11/12: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list

Local News

Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are ‘ready to deliver’ on Trump’s agenda

Business

Names in the News: People shaping the future of Lake Area business

Local News

Federal judge blocks La. law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

McNeese Sports

Running in high gear

Local News

Will Trump’s hush money conviction be upheld? Judge will rule today

McNeese Sports

Upset dreams fall short

Local News

Cold front, accompanying showers headed to SW La. Wednesday

Crime

LC man sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking, firearms crimes

McNeese Sports

Rested Cowboys ready for final push

life

PHOTO GALLERY: Lake Arthur Elementary Veterans Day program

Crime

Conviction stands for LC man who raped girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter

Crime

11/11: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff announces arrest list

Local News

Tax reform, other bills advance in first week of special session

Football

Hobbs column: LSU invents new ways to embarrass itself