by Scientists have found potential evidence of life on K2-18B, a distant exoplanet. A cambridge team that uses NASA’s James Webb world space telescope found Molecules in its atmosphere, which is produced on earth by living organisms. This marks the second, more promising detection of such chemicals.
Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside of our solar system, although it is waiting for more work to be necessary to confirm their results.
The examinations cited by scientists at the University of Cambridge for connections in the atmosphere of the exoplanet, which are only generated on earth by living organisms and claimed that it was the strongest potential signal in life.
Independent scientists described the results as interesting, but not nearly enough to show the existence of life on another planet.
“It is the strongest sign of a possibility of biological activity outside the solar system,” said Cambridge astrophysicist Nikku Madhusudhan on Thursday during a live stream.
By analyzing data from the James WebB Waterpaum Telescope, the researchers found indications of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyldisulfide in the atmosphere of the planet known as K2-18B. The planet is 124 light years away; A light year corresponds to almost 6 trillion miles.
On earth, these two connections are mainly made by microbial life, such as: B. Marine Phytoplankton.
The planet has more than the size of the double earth and more than 8 times more massive. It is in the so -called habitable zone of his star. The study appeared in the magazine Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Webb was started in 2021 and is the largest and most powerful observatory that has ever been sent to space.
(France 24 with AP)
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