Earth, HD 20794 d, orbiting a nearby sun-like star, offering a promising lead in the search for life beyond our planet.

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

HD 20794 d, a planet with six times Earth's mass, orbits a sun-like star 20 light years away. Its position within the habitable zone suggests conditions that could allow liquid water to exist.

The planet was originally identified two years earlier by Oxford University scientist Dr Michael Cretignier. The new findings ...

HD 20794 d, with a mass six times that of Earth, orbits a star similar to our sun. The planet’s location within the habitable ...

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An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of the exoplanet HD 20794 d, which could potentially support ...

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