Exoplanet LHS 1140b (IMAGE) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Caption An artist's impression of the newly-discovered rocky exoplanet, LHS 1140b. This planet is located in the liquid water habitable zone surrounding its host star, a small, faint red star named LHS 1140. The planet weighs about 6.6 times the mass of Earth and is shown passing in front of LHS 1140. Depicted in blue is the atmosphere the planet may have retained. Credit M. Weiss/CfA. Usage Restrictions The IAC authorizes the use of multimedia material ( images, videos, animations) of BIA (www.bia.iac.es), for those cases where the credit is assigned to the IAC, as well as for texts of the press releases and the multimedia material accompanying these press releases without the need to ask permission from the IAC provided that: It is for educational, or informative use (without commmercial application) The corresponding credits are quoted The conditions and limitations appended are read and accepted (*) In the case of printed or digital publications an example should be sent (preferably in digital formal), or the address of the website, to the addresses shown at the end of the page. In all cases one should specify the address of the web page of the IAC from which they have been downloaded This general permission is not extensible to the use of the IAC logo, in any of its forms, which can be used only for products with IAC patronage For the remaining material not considered in this section, it will be necessary to ask for authorization at the address shown at the bottom of the page, except for those cases taken into consideration in artícles 31 y 34 of the Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996, of the 12th of april, or in the current legislation. Publicity and commercial purposes If you want to use images, videos, or otherIAC material for any kind of advertisement or product with commerical aims, you need to ask permission from the UC3 by sending an email to secUC3@iac.es describing the use that will be given to the material, and including, if possible, the relevant design or storyboard. If this permission is granted, the person requesting it promises to accept the conditions and limitations appended and to send a physical or a digital copy of the product to the address indicated. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.