BETA
Chapter 1
The discovery of TOI-1452 b
Chapter 2
Portrait of a super-Earth
Chapter 3
The 30 percent mystery
Chapter 4
The search for alien life
YOUR GOAL
Master of The ocean world TOI-1452 b
Ch 2 · Portrait of a super-Earth
futura Play the Little Ocean Globe game to explore TOI-1452 b, a super-Earth exoplanet that scientists believe might be a massive ocean world.
futura Super-Earth TOI-1452 b
A hundred light-years out, a global ocean wraps around a super-Earth
futura Explore TOI-1452 b, a potential ocean world where a year lasts just 11 days. See the key facts about this unique exoplanet in our visual infographic.
futura See an illustration of the double sun sky on TOI-1452 b, an exoplanet that might be an ocean world.
Fun Fact
Short years: If you lived on TOI-1452 b, you would celebrate a birthday every 11 days, meaning a 13-year-old on Earth would be over 400 years old there!
Glossary
super-earth (noun)
An extrasolar planet with a mass larger than Earth's but smaller than that of a gas giant. In 2022, astronomers discovered TOI-1452 b, a candidate water world orbiting a nearby red dwarf star.
An extrasolar planet with a mass larger than Earth's but smaller than that of a gas giant. In 2022, astronomers discovered TOI-1452 b, a candidate water world orbiting a nearby red dwarf star.