{"id":208946,"date":"2024-02-29T09:39:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T09:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/k2-18b-habitable-ocean-world-may-actually-be-inhospitable-gas-planet\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:27","slug":"k2-18b-habitable-ocean-world-may-actually-be-inhospitable-gas-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/k2-18b-habitable-ocean-world-may-actually-be-inhospitable-gas-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"K2-18b: Habitable ocean world may actually be inhospitable gas planet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An artist\u2019s impression showing K2-18b as a potentially habitable ocean world may not be correct<\/p>\n

NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

A distant planet once touted as a potential location to look for alien life is actually most likely to be inhospitable, according to astronomers who have found it probably lacks a solid surface.<\/p>\n

In 2015, astronomers discovered a planet 110 light years away called K2-18b, which later analysis estimated to be a super-Earth or mini-Neptune about eight times the mass of our world.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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