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'Super-Earth': NASA discovers a potentially habitable planet, 137 light-years away

US space agency NASA said, “A ‘super-Earth’ ripe for further investigation orbits a small, reddish star that is, by astronomical standards, fairly close to us – only 137 light-years away. The same system also might harbour a second, Earth-sized planet.” The planet, named TOI-715 b, is approximately one and a half times the width of Earth. NASA suggests that it may be within the “conservative” habitable zone, where liquid water could exist on its surface.