Astronomers just analyzed the air of a 'super-Earth' for the first time — here's what they found

55 Cancri e – a planet eight times the size of Earth – is 40 light-years away. Astronomers just found out what its air is made of.

Produced by Matthew Stuart. Video courtesy ESA/Hubble and M. Kornmesser.

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