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A new research reveals a distant exoplanet known as K2-18b, which is found to be a potential “Super-Earth” that might support alien life. It also discovered the existence of a second exoplanet that appeared to be a neighboring planet known as K2-18c.
The findings of the study were slated to be published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. The study was supported by the Natural Sciences and Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Institute for Research on Exoplanets, according to Universe Today.
Ryan Cloutier, the lead author of the study and a Ph.D. student in U of T Scarborough’s Center for Planet Science, U of T’s Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Universite de Montreal Institute for Research on exoplanets, said that measuring the mass and density of K2-18b was tremendous. However, to discover, a new exoplanet was lucky and equally exciting.