Researchers say they have discovered the first nearby “super-Earth” planet that could possibly support life. The discovery was made by a spacecraft designed to look for planets outside of our solar system. An international team of astronomers recently announced their findings in the publication Astronomy & Astrophysics. The new discovery is known as an exoplanet, a planet that orbits a star outside of our own solar system. Exoplanets are not easy to identify with telescopes. This is because they are often hidden by the bright light of the stars they orbit.
Title: NASA Satellite Discovers ‘First Nearby Super-Earth’
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3531/nasa.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='NASA Satellite Discovers First Nearby Super-Earth' data-article-id='4010'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11292'>Researchers say they have discovered the first nearby “super-Earth” planet that could possibly support life.</span> <span data-start-time='11292' data-end-time='20708'>The discovery was made by a spacecraft designed to look for planets outside of our solar system.</span> <span data-start-time='20708' data-end-time='32375'>An international team of astronomers recently announced their findings in the publication Astronomy & Astrophysics.</span> <span data-start-time='32375' data-end-time='44188'>The new discovery is known as an exoplanet, a planet that orbits a star outside of our own solar system.</span> <span data-start-time='44188' data-end-time='50000'>Exoplanets are not easy to identify with telescopes.</span> <span data-start-time='50000' data-end-time='57167'>This is because they are often hidden by the bright light of the stars they orbit.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div 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class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3531/alternative_energy_source.wav'><span>alternative energy source</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=13372 data-hint-location='50000' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3531/what_is_the_planet_hidden_by.wav'>What is the planet hidden by?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='bright light of the stars'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3531/new_spacecraft_design.wav'><span>new spacecraft design</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3531/identify_with_telescopes.wav'><span>identify with telescopes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3531/bright_light_of_the_stars.wav'><span>bright light of the stars</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3531/outside_our_solar_system.wav'><span>outside our solar system</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13373 data-hint-location='44188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3531/they_are_not_easy_to_identify_with__blank_.wav'>They are not easy to identify with <span class='blank'>telescopes</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='telescopes'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3531/other_planets.wav'><span>other planets</span></div><div class='choice' 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