Water discovered on ‘Super-Earth’ raises first real hope of alien life

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“Finding water in a potentially habitable world other than Earth is incredibly exciting'

Yet planet K2-18b, which lies 110 light years away in the constellation Leo, is the first world ever discovered which could realistically support alien life.

 

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I'm intrugued by news from the planet hunters. It must be a childhood's sci-fi. Still, with all our science we've the knowledge to live sustainably on earth without the good sense to take our own advice. We'll always dream of distant worlds, but we're nowhere near ready for them.

Highly unlikely to be actual life there

Why ‘hope’?

It really isn’t.

Yes but it'll take 110 light years to get there 😂😂😂😂😂

What advantages could we possibly glean from this information, interesting and fascinating though it is, when roughly a quarter of the world’s population don’t even have access to clean drinking water? Wouldn’t funds be better spent on projects that could benefit humankind? 🤷‍♀️

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