{"id":502719,"date":"2026-05-26T02:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/502719\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T02:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:55:20","slug":"astronomers-discover-a-super-earth-that-may-have-an-atmosphere-orbiting-a-red-dwarf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/502719\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers discover a super-Earth that may have an atmosphere orbiting a red dwarf"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u24d8 NASA – Unsplash<\/p>\n

<\/a>An illustration showing an exoplanet and two red stars.<\/p>\n

Astronomers have recently discovered a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf. And that’s not all, because according to their estimates, this exoplanet may have an atmosphere and could be located in its star’s habitable zone.<\/p>\n

The study of the universe allows astronomers<\/a> to answer many questions. But one of the biggest mysteries is whether life exists elsewhere in the universe. And to answer this question, scientists<\/a> observe space in order to discover new exoplanets. <\/p>\n

This is what a team of astronomers led by Giuseppe Conzo from the amateur astronomy association Gruppo Astrofili Palidoro (GAP) did by studying Ross 318. This star is a red dwarf located just 28 light-years from Earth and has an orbital period of about 51.5 days. <\/p>\n

However, its magnetic activity is very high, and astronomers analyzed data from the Carmenes spectrograph, the High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (HIRES), and data provided by the TESS satellite<\/a>. As a result, they discovered an exoplanet named Ross 318 b, which is located just 0.16 AU from its star.<\/p>\n

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\u24d8 arXiv <\/p>\n

<\/a>An image showing the velocity curve of Ross 318 b.<\/p>\n

The astronomers also revealed several details about this exoplanet. Indeed, it has a mass of about 6.21 times that of Earth<\/a> and a radius about 1.74 times that of our planet.\u00a0In addition, by studying its mass, they believe that this exoplanet has a substantial atmosphere and lies in the star\u2019s conservative habitable zone. <\/p>\n

In other words, this new world could be an important target for future studies. This would allow astronomers to better understand exoplanets, but also to conduct further studies to find signs of life elsewhere in the universe.<\/p>\n

arXiv<\/a> <\/p>\n

Image source:\u00a0NASA Hubble Space Telescope – Unsplash<\/p>\n

\t\"Alexis<\/a>Alexis Stegmann<\/a> – Tech Writer – 641 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2025<\/p>\n

I’ve been working in the field of web writing for several years, and I’m passionate about keeping readers up to date with the latest news on astronomy, technology, the world of video games and other exciting subjects. In particular, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a number of websites, which has enabled me to cover a wide range of subjects. In my personal life, I’m passionate about a wide range of subjects, including astronomy, video games, history and science. I’m also drawn to psychology, which is a subject that deserves greater documentation and recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u24d8 NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing an exoplanet and two red stars. Astronomers have recently discovered a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[270],"tags":[24368,582,10210,1820,218398,4948,18,18060,1821,193980,19,17,1815,1024,1819,1814,1822,51059,1818,1142,1143,218397,133,451,83586,98307,1817,1816,5610],"class_list":["post-502719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-astrobiology","tag-astronomy","tag-atmosphere","tag-benchmarks","tag-carmenes","tag-discovery","tag-eire","tag-exoplanet","tag-graphics-card","tag-hires","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-laptop","tag-nasa","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-processor","tag-red-dwarf","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-ross-318-b","tag-science","tag-space","tag-super-earth","tag-tess","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-universe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116638628839948679","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}