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6 hours ago, chanu@ntrfan said:

Experts from University College London identified water vapor in the atmosphere of K2-18b, which is 110 light-years from Earth. A light-year, which measures distance in space, equals a little less than 6 trillion miles.

“K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only planet orbiting a star outside the solar system, or ‘exoplanet,’ known to have both water and temperatures that could support life,”

Data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2016 and 2017 was used to study starlight filtered through the exoplanet’s atmosphere. “The results revealed the molecular signature of water vapor, also indicating the presence of hydrogen and helium in the planet’s atmosphere,” UCL said in its statement.

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NASA further added that unlike Earth, water does not rain down from clouds, what rains down instead is ethane and methane, which behave as a liquid in the extremely cold climate of Titan.

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Photos Show Evidence of Life on Mars, Claims Scientist

The research found numerous examples of insect-like forms, structured similarly to bees, as well as reptile-like forms.

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