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The discovery of the potentially habitable Super-Earth GJ 3378b was announced by a team of astronomers led by the University of California, Irvine. Located about 25 light-years from Earth, the rocky exoplanet orbits a red dwarf star within the habitable "Goldilocks" zone, where conditions may allow liquid water to exist. The planet has an estimated mass of 2.3 times that of Earth and was identified using advanced instruments, including the Habitable-zone Planet Finder and the NEID spectrometer. Future NASA missions are expected to study its atmosphere for possible biosignatures and signs of habitability.