K2-18 b could have dimethyl sulfide in its air. But is it a sign of life?

Scientists have reported new observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that strengthen the case that the exoplanet K2-18 b has molecules in its atmosphere that, on Earth, are produced only by life. The work, announced Wednesday, builds on previous observations from JWST published in 2023 by the same team that yielded weak hintsContinue reading “K2-18 b could have dimethyl sulfide in its air. But is it a sign of life?”
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