Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2025 An international scientific team, including Penn State researchers, has identified a super-Earth exoplanet named GJ 251 c orbiting a nearby dwarf star less than 20 light-years away. The planet is estimated to have nearly four times the mass of Earth and is likely rocky. Suvrath Mahadevan, professor of astronomy at Penn State, explained, "We look for these types of planets because they are
