LHS 1140b: Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Found Nearby Red Dwarf (Super-Terra Scoperta nella Zona Abitable | AstroCaffe Ep.110)

Newly Discovered Exoplanet May be Best Candidate in Search for Signs of Life - Transiting rocky super-Earth found in habitable zone of quiet red dwarf star

An exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth may be the new holder of the title "best place to look for signs of life beyond the Solar System". Using ESO's HARPS instrument at La Silla, and other telescopes around the world, an international team of astronomers discovered a "super-Earth" orbiting in the habitable zone around the faint star LHS 1140.