Far from the land 650 billion miles

Astronomers for the first time discovered water in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting an inhabited orbit.

The search for water makes the New World, dubbed K2-18B, a candidate for research on extraterrestrial life.

In 10 years, new telescopes may be able to determine if the atmosphere of K2-18B contains gases that may be produced by organisms.

The details were published in the journal Nature Astronomy, according to BBC Arabic.

Professor Giovanna Tenetti, a professor at University College London, described the discovery as "staggering".

"It's the first time we discover water on a planet in the region where we can live around a temperature star in tune with life," Tennessee said.

The area that can be inhabited is the area around a star where the temperature allows the water to be in a liquid state on the surface of a planet.

The K2 -18B is 111 light-years from Earth, about 650 million miles, a distance that exceeds the capacity of any probe.

The size of the new planet is about twice that of the Earth and its temperature allows the water to be in the liquid state, between 0 and 40 degrees Celsius.

Angelius Tsarias, a member of the University College London team, said finding water on a planet fit for life was "incredibly exciting".

"It brings us closer to the answer to the key question: Is the Earth a unique planet?"