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Icy exoplanet found to be potentially habitable

02 Aug 2024
Investigating LHS 1140 b The temperate exoplanet may be completely covered in ice (left) or it may be an ice world with a large liquid ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (centre). It is 1.7 times the size of Earth (right) and the most promising habitable zone exoplanet yet in the search for liquid water beyond the solar system. (Courtesy: Benoit Gougeon, Université de Montréal)
A research team headed up at the University of Montreal has discovered that the temperate exoplanet

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