Hubblecast 124 Light: Exoplanet K2-18b
This Hubblecast Light highlights the exciting discovery of the first water detected on a potentially habitable planet. With data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, water vapour has been detected in the atmosphere of a super-Earth with habitable temperatures by University College Longon (UCL) researchers.
Credit:Directed by: Bethany Downer
Editing: Nico Bartmann.
Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Bethany Downer & UCL
Music: tonelabs – Orion Fog (http://tonelabs.com)
Footage and photos: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
About the Video
| Id: | heic1916a |
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| Release date: | 11 September 2019, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1916 |
| Duration: | 01 m 19 s |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | K2-18b |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Planet |
| Category: | Exoplanets Hubblecast |
