The Super-Earth has a composition dominated by metals and silicates that is fairly similar to that of the Earth. Ravit Helled, Professor, Department of Astrophysics, UZH. Credit: UZH “The combination ...

A UNIGE study shows that Hot Jupiters do not systematically eject their planetary neighbours during migration. This discovery overturns our perception of the architecture of planetary systems.

The WASP-132 system contains a Hot Jupiter (in the foreground), an inner super-Earth (here transiting in front of the orange host star) and the planet WASP-132d, discovered towards the outside of ...