Astronomers have announced the discovery of 50 (yes, five-zero) exoplanets, the largest group of alien worlds announced at one time. Sixteen of these worlds are "super-Earths" -- exoplanets that possess masses larger than Earth, yet much lower than the gas giants.
This time, however, the announcement doesn't come from NASA's orbital exoplanet hunter, the Kepler Space Telescope, it comes from the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (or HARPS for short).
As with any exoplanet announcement comes the question: are any of these newly discovered worlds suitable for life? And, in this case, the answer is: maybe.
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