Exoplanet K2-18b (Artist’s Impression)

This artist’s impression shows the planet K2-18b, it’s host star and an accompanying planet in this system. K2-18b is now the only super-Earth exoplanet known to host both water and temperatures that could support life.

UCL researchers used archive data from 2016 and 2017 captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and developed open-source algorithms to analyse the starlight filtered through K2-18b’s atmosphere. The results revealed the molecular signature of water vapour, also indicating the presence of hydrogen and helium in the planet’s atmosphere.

Credit:

ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

About the Image

Id:heic1916a
Type:Artwork
Release date:11 September 2019, 19:00
Related releases:heic1916
Size:6000 x 3500 px

About the Object

Name:K2-18b
Type:Milky Way : Planet
Category:Exoplanets

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