An exoplanet more than two times the size of Earth and located about 124 light-years away may have water on its surface, increasing the chances that it could be habitable, according to findings published on arXiv. Astronomers developed models with information about the exoplanet’s mass, radius and atmosphere in order to make predictions about its atmosphere and interior, with one scenario showing water there to be similar to oceans on Earth.
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