257: The Habitable Zone

Angus Hervey, Amy Rose
/ 16 min read

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257: The Habitable Zone
LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left) similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa, or an ice world with a liquid ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (centre). LHS 1140 b is 1.7 times the size of Earth (right) and is the most promising habitable-zone exoplanet yet in our search for liquid water beyond the Solar System. Credit: B. Gougeon/Université de Montréal

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