NASA finds first super-Earth exoplanet with an atmosphere

Astrophysicists at NASA have found a super-Earth exoplanet dubbed as 55 Cancri e with an atmosphere for the first time. These NASA astrophysicists were working with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the University College London. Key facts 55 Cancri e was discovered using Hubble telescope�s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). It is located around 40 light years away and eight times bigger than earth. It is located extremely close to its planet star, which heats its surface to a staggering 2,000 degrees Celcius making it only known super-Earth with such a high temperature. 55 Cancri e�s atmosphere largely consists of hydrogen (H) and helium (He) similar to gas giant planets with no traces of water and doesn�t sustain life. Super-earths: They are merely rocky planets that are larger than the Earth. They�re widely supposed to be the most common type of rocky planet in the galaxy.