New exoplanet best hope to find alien life, scientists claim
A newly discovered exoplanet in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth may be the "best place to look for signs of life beyond the Solar System", an international team of astronomers has claimed. The exoplanet LHS 1140b was found to be 6.6 times heavier and 40% larger than Earth, and hence was termed 'super-Earth'.