Astronomers discover a potentially habitable planet just 25 light-years away. 'This one is exciting'

An illustration of an ocean shoreline on an alien planet. wisps of vapor rise from a deep blue sea beneath clouds that partially obscure a black, starry sky in which a fiery large red orb can be seen.

A potentially habitable rocky world has been found in the habitable zone around a red dwarf just 25 light-years from us.

However, faced with a hostile wind of radiation from its host star, it remains unclear whether this new exoplanet supports an atmosphere, or the possibility of life. Nevertheless, astronomers are celebrating the discovery.