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
![Artist’s impression of the super-Earth exoplanet LHS 1140b](https://divulgacao.iastro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017abr20_1-752x564.jpg)
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”.