Webb Telescope Detects Potential Life Signs on Distant Exoplanet

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Space Plankton

Our first alien contact could be plankton-like. The James Webb Space Telescope detected possible signs of life from an exoplanet far far away.

• Exoplanet: K2-18b, 120 light-years from Earth

• Spectral data shows possible signs of life in atmosphere

• Evidence: dimethyl sulfide, methane, and CO₂

Methane and CO₂ are commonly linked to biological processes, but dimethyl sulfide is only known to be produced by life, specifically marine plankton. More observations are needed to confirm this evidence and rule out alternative explanations. Such as shenanigans from SpongeBob’s nemesis.

Whoooo lives on an exoplanet covered in seeeeaaa?!?

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