The team, which includes Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researcher Nuno Santos, found this rocky exoplanet in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star.
Super Earth May be Best Candidate in Search for Signs of Life

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 life beyond the Solar System”.