Several years ago, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) spied a planet in the distance. It is located about 50 light-years away from Earth and is a contender for a potentially habitable world.

called LHS 1140b, orbits in the habitable zone of a small, dim star called LHS 1140 that lies in the constellation Cetus. The exoplanet was discovered in 2017 and has been observed by multiple ...

Located 50 light-years from Earth, the beady-eyed exoplanet LHS 1140 b could be a perfect candidate for discovering liquid water outside the solar system, new research suggests. When you purchase ...

Exoplanet LHS-1140b shows signs of having a global ocean covered in ice, with an area of about 2,500 miles, the iris-like region, permanently staring at its host star. The planet is about 48 light ...

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

4. LHS 1140 b This artist’s impression shows the exoplanet LHS 1140b, which orbits a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth and may be the new holder of the title “best place to look for signs of ...

Discovered in 2017, some 48 light-years away, exoplanet LHS 1140 b was originally thought to be a mini-Neptune. But new research suggests that it’s actually a rocky super-Earth with possibly ...

The exoplanet — a world orbiting a star other ... observations to secure a concrete detection of an atmosphere on LHS 1140b," MacDonald said on X, "but it's promising that the initial ...

Exoplanet LHS 1140 b was assumed to be a mini ... “Given the limited visibility of LHS 1140b, several years’ worth of observations may be required to detect its potential secondary atmosphere ...

An exoplanet named LHS-1140b is intriguing scientists. Located 50 light-years from Earth, this planet could possess an extraordinary feature: a surface resembling an eye, with an ocean surrounded by ...

They flagged potential oceans and air sources on the exoplanet dubbed LHS 1140 b, situated within the constellation Cetus in our night sky. Although the name isn’t so moving, its potential is.