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CW: LHS 1140 b may be our 'best bet' at finding a habitable exoplanet with ocean(s) and atmosphere
LHS 1140 b “lives in its star's habitable zone, otherwise known as its ‘Goldilocks zone.’"
“This is the first time we have ever seen a hint of an atmosphere on a habitable zone rocky or ice-rich exoplanet," said Ryan MacDonald, a NASA Sagan Fellow
“the team might have even found evidence of ‘air’ on it.
#LHS1140b #habitable #exoplanet
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-alien-ocean-lhs-1140b -
#SuperEarth discovered
Could have oceans and may be habitable
The #planet orbits a #reddwarfstar in its habitable zone
Temperatures could potentially support #liquidwater on the surface.
#LHS1140b, an #exoplanet located approximately #48lightyears away in the constellation #Cetus.
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/science/story/super-earth-discovered-it-could-have-oceans-and-may-be-habitable-2564275-2024-07-09 -
Un mondo di ghiaccio nella zona abitabile: LHS 1140 b sorprende gli astronomi. Il telescopio James Webb rivela un esopianeta con possibile atmosfera e un oceano liquido con temperature di 20 gradi a 48 anni luce dalla Terra.