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Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system – they’re called exoplanets. But in summer 2022, teams working on NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite found a few particularly interesting planets orbiting in the habitable zones of their parent stars. One planet is 30% larger than Earth and orbits its star in less than three days. The other is 70% larger than the Earth and might host a deep ocean. These two exoplanets are super-Earths – more massive than the Earth but smaller than ice giants like Uranus and Neptune.
International humanitarian Angelina Jolie is visiting Pakistan to support communities affected by the devastating floods. Heavy rains and floods across the country have impacted 33 million people and submerged one third of the country under water. Ms Jolie is visiting to witness and gain understanding of the situation, and to hear from people affected directly about their needs, and about steps to prevent such suffering in the future.
Taiwan was hit by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Sunday, leaving at least one person dead and 146 injured. It was the strongest of several tremors over the past three days, with another 5.6-magnitude earthquake following on Monday.
Hurricane Fiona has struck Puerto Rico’s south-west coast, causing an island-wide power blackout and threatening to dump “historic” levels of rain expected to produce landslides and catastrophic flooding.
