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We may not be alone in the universe: Astronomers find possible alien life on planet
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- Data suggests K2-18b is a "world with an ocean that is teeming with life," said study lead author Nikku Madhusudhan, an astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge in England.
- A whopping 8.6 times bigger than Earth, K2-18b orbits a red dwarf star in the constellation of Leo in what's known as a habitable zone where water is thought to exist on the surface.
- Researchers hope to make additional observations with the James Webb Space Telescope to conclusively prove their findings.
