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Artist’s impression of LHS 1140b transiting its host, a small, faint red star. Depicted in blue is the atmosphere the planet may have retained. Credit: M. Weiss/CfA

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There is a new top candidate for the best place to search for life outside our Solar System.  Announced in Nature on April 20th 2017, LHS 1140b is a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby small star.  This is the story of that discovery and the role PEST played.Read More →