Super-Earth orbits a red dwarf star in only 2.4 days

Astronomers have made an interesting discovery of a super-Earth planet that’s orbiting a red dwarf star called GJ-740. A red dwarf star is significantly cooler than the Sun, with a surface temperature between 2400 and 3700 kelvin. That is a difference of over 2000 degrees cooler than the Sun. A red dwarf is also less massive than the Sun at … Continue reading