Ice World Exoplanet LHS 1140 b Discovery

Summary

The Josh Universe - Space Discord Server community announced a discovery regarding the temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b. This planet, 1.7 times the size of Earth, might be a completely ice-covered world or possess a liquid subsurface ocean beneath a cloudy atmosphere. This finding is significant because LHS 1140 b is currently the most promising exoplanet found in a habitable zone that could potentially harbor liquid water outside our Solar System.

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

LHS 1140 b is 1.7 times the size of our planet Earth and is the most promising habitable zone exoplanet yet in our search for liquid water beyond the Solar System.
Ice World Exoplanet LHS 1140 b Discovery
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