A new type of planet that weighs 17 times as much as Earth has been discovered by astronomers
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CfA researcher Dimitar Sasselov, director of the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative, said this is the Godzilla of Earths but unlike the movie monster, Kepler-10c has positive implications for life.
The newfound mega-Earth, Kepler-10c, circles a Sun-like star once every 45 days. It is located about 560 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. The system also hosts a 3-Earth-mass "lava world," Kepler-10b, in a remarkably fast, 20-hour orbit.
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Kepler-10c was known to have a diameter of about 18,000 miles, 2.3 times as large as Earth. This suggested it fell into a category of planets known as mini-Neptunes, which have thick, gaseous envelopes.
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Work Less to Sustain Planet Earth, Say Activists
If you want to protect the environment, you have to consume less, which means you have to produce less, and you have to work less. Numerous groups in US are championing such a message.
If you want to protect the environment, you have to consume less, which means you have to produce less, and you have to work less. Numerous groups in US are championing such a message.
