In search of life: Researchers discover super-Earth in a habitable zone.. As of: February 1, 2024, 4:01 p.m By: Lennart Schwenck CommentsPressSplit The exoplanet TOI-715 b is a “super-Earth”.

It could potentially be habitable and is not that far from Earth. The challenge for astronomers now is to write a new chapter in our understanding of exoplanets. Modern space telescopes, in particular NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, play a crucial role in this.