For the first time the existence of water was confirmed in an exoplanet located in the habitable zone of its star.

The planet located at a distance of 110 light years is called K2-18b, preliminary studies that were made suggested that it was a super earth, that is, a rocky planet, moderately larger than the earth and that it had an atmosphere, these observations more the fact that K2-18b is within the habitable zone the area of ​​a star system where water can remain in its liquid form, made astronomers decide to find out more about it.

What concluded last month with a graphic spectrum study of its atmosphere that detected traces of water, it has also been known that the density of the body is close to that of Mars, so it is a truly tempting destination, it could be a planet even more habitable than the earth itself, but 110 light years is too long a distance for a ship to explore at least for now, so we will have to rely on the indirect data that the new generation of space telescopes will bring us will launch in the coming years.