Astronomers have discovered yet another planet, called LHS1140b, which is expected to be present in the Goldilocks Zone.

• It is found orbiting around the star LHS 1140 some 39 light-years away.
• The planet is found to be rocky, like the Earth but is over six-times as massive as Earth and about 1.5-times larger and falls under the category of ‘Super Earth’.
• Its gravitational pull will be three times stronger than that of the Earth.

Rocky planets within the habitable zone are the best candidates to find evidence of some form of life. Super Earth are planets that are bigger and more massive than Earth and yet smaller and less massive than the next biggest planet, Neptune.