The most important aspect of this is that, with a possible atmosphere and liquid water, this planet lies within the habitable ...

Researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to study an exoplanet that may have an atmosphere and ocean. Astronomers have homed in on a world they believe might have just the right conditions ...

Temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left) similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa or be an ice world with a liquid substellar ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (centre). LHS ...

A planet relatively close to Earth could be the first ever detected with a potentially life-sustaining liquid ocean outside our Solar System, according to scientists using the James Webb space ...

The search for Earth’s twin just got a little closer as astronomers recently presented findings regarding a potential icy or watery “super-Earth” called LHS 1140 b, which is located approximately 49 ...

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Of all the potential super-Earths—terrestrial exoplanets more massive than Earth—out there, an exoplanet orbiting a star only 40 light-years away from us in the constellation Cetus might be the most ...

An exoplanet in the habitable zone of its own sun is now suspected to have a liquid ocean and an atmosphere, meaning it has potential to harbor life similar to that on Earth. The planet, named LHS ...

(Nanowerk News) When the exoplanet LHS 1140 b was first discovered, astronomers speculated that it might be a mini-Neptune: an essentially gaseous planet, but very small in size compared to Neptune.

Here's your friendly reminder that we're probably not alone in this universe, although at this point aliens must think humans are the most annoying neighbors in the solar system. This week, Harvard ...

Researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to study an exoplanet that may have an atmosphere and ocean. Credit: Adrian Mann / Stocktrek Images via Getty Images illustration Astronomers have ...