55 Cancri e is a super-Earth — about twice our planet's size — that zooms around its star in 18 days. It has a surface temperature of nearly 4,900 degrees Fahrenheit (2,700 degrees Celsius).

Astronomers have found a planet that gives new meaning to the word “bling.” Twice the size of Earth and eight times heavier, this weird world may be at least one-third pure diamond. Forty ...

A new look at an alien planet that orbits extremely close to its parent star suggests that the rocky world might not be a scorching hot wasteland, as was thought. In fact, the planet may actually ...

The exotic planet 55 Cancri e is a relatively close alien planet, just 40 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cancer (The Crab).. The super-dense world circles so close to its host ...

Once again we're switching stars; 47 Ursa Majoris is so September 2010 - this October, it's all about 55 Cancri.... As usual, friend of the show and Sky At Night Presenter has written us a quick ...

A team of astrophysicists has estimated that an exoplanet twice the size of Earth is largely made up of diamond. The planet, 55 Cancri e, is located around 40 light years from Earth and has a mass ...

The exoplanet 55 Cancri e goes by several names, but the rocky world located 40 light-years from Earth is most known for its reputation as a “hell planet.” The world zips around its star every ...

The new data show that 55 Cancri e orbits once every 17 hours and 41 minutes, ... Spitzer sees the cosmos in infrared wavelengths. Exotic Super-Earth May Be New Planet Class.

Evidence from the Spitzer Telescope indicates that the 55 Cancri e planet is one such hellscape. 17 Pulsar. ... This Hoag’s Object is roughly 100,000 light years across, ...

55 Cancri e is experiencing a bit of an identity crisis. The planet, which orbits a star about 40 light-years away, also answers to 55 Cancri Ae, Rho Cancri e, HD 75732 e, and “Janssen.” ...

"Only a handful of known super-Earths, however, cross the face of their stars as viewed from our vantage point in the cosmos, so 55 Cancri e is better understood than most." ...