"NASA Discovers 'Super-Earth' in Optimal Habitable Zone, Just 137 Light-Years Away"

NASA has announced the discovery of a potentially habitable planet named TOI-715 b, located 137 light-years away. This super-Earth is slightly larger than our planet and orbits a small reddish star within the "conservative habitable zone," where liquid water could exist. There is also a second Earth-sized planet in the same system that exhibits similar potentially habitable qualities. These discoveries were made by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), and further exploration will be conducted to learn more about these exoplanets, potentially with the James Webb Space Telescope.