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On which potentially habitable super-Earth has water been detected?

Correct answer D. K2-18b

Explanation

In 2019 astronomers using Hubble data reported water vapour in the atmosphere of K2-18b, a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a red dwarf about 124 light years away.

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