Super-Earth Detected: A Potential Ocean World in Our Cosmic Neighborhood!

A New World Beckons: Super-Earth Discovered in Our Cosmic Neighborhood!

Space explorers, rejoice! We've found a potential game-changer - a super-Earth named LHS 1140 b lurking just 48 light-years away!

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Super-Earths are larger and more massive than Earth, but not as immense as gas giants like Jupiter.

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The habitable zone is the "Goldilocks zone" where liquid water, crucial for life as we know it, could exist.

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, we need powerful tools like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

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Discovering LHS 1140 b is just the beginning.

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The discovery of LHS 1140 b reignites the eternal question: Are we alone in the universe?

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This super-Earth serves as a reminder that the universe might harbor life in ways we haven't even considered.

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