Webb's Groundbreaking Discovery: Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Just 48 Light-Years Away!
In an extraordinary breakthrough, a team of astronomers has unveiled that the temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b might be a " super-Earth " covered in ice or water , located just 48 light-years from us! 🌌🔭 Temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left) similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa or may be an ice world with a liquid substellar ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (center). LHS 1140 b is 1.7 times the size of our planet Earth (right) and is the most promising habitable zone exoplanet yet found in the search for liquid water beyond the Solar System. Credit: Benoit Gougeon, Université de Montréal 🌟 LHS 1140 b: The New Super-Earth 🌟 Originally thought to be a mini-Neptune, LHS 1140 b is now considered a potential super-Earth with a nitrogen-rich atmosphere, thanks to the cutting-edge James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) data. Situated in its star's habitable zone , this planet could have the perfect conditions for liquid water, making it a prim...