James Webb Telescope Just Found What Scientists Were Afraid Of
A signal in the data. A molecule that should not be there. And a planet 124 light-years away that is forcing astronomers to ask the one question they have dreaded for decades.In this episode, I uncover what the James Webb Space Telescope just found that has scientists genuinely unsettled — not because they discovered alien life, but because they came closer than ever before. On the exoplanet K2-18b, JWST detected dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide, molecules that on Earth are produced only by living organisms. The signal was stronger and cleaner than previous observations. But here is…
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