Astronomers have added two more exoplanets to a growing study aimed at finding out whether rocky worlds near small, faint stars might have air.Scientists leading a high-priority observing program with ...

A light year is the distance light travels in a year - nearly six trillion miles. An impression of the new Super-Earth, the exoplanet LHS 1140b. Pic: ESO/spaceengine.org ...

A possible new Earth-like world has been found, and it’s giant, according to a study [PDF] published today in Nature. LHS 1140b, an exoplanet a mere 40 light-years away, is 40 percent larger ...

Could we support life somewhere else in our universe? Researchers have identified some exoplanets that are promising.

After analyzing data from those observations, a team of researchers, led by astronomer Charles Cadieux, of Université de Montréal, suggest that LHS 1140 b is more likely to be a super-Earth.

If that is the case, scientists predict it could be 2,500 miles in diameter, which is roughly half the Atlantic Ocean’s surface area. It is believed the water body’s temperature may be around 68 ...

LHS 1140b is one of two potential exoplanets orbiting it, but until now, scientists have debated whether it was a “mini-Neptune” or a “super-Earth.” ...

Scientists pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at an exoplanet that could be a habitable world with air and liquid water.

Researchers discover LHS 1140 b, a potentially habitable exoplanet with water-rich features, offering new insights into future habitability studies.