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Super-Earth discovered in the "optimal" habitable zone of its star, TOI-715 b (www.earth.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

How is it more like a super-Mars? Mars is smaller than Earth, whereas this is exoplanet is larger.

[–] Lath@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

Less likely to have an atmosphere.