Astronomers Found Earth-Like Life Just 124 Light Years from Us
Scientists have been seriously debating whether K2-18b, a planet 124 light-years away in the Leo constellation, could be an ocean world that hosts tiny life forms. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a British-US team found two chemicals in its atmosphere — dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide — that, here on Earth, are only made by living things like microscopic phytoplankton. They’re being super careful though, saying we need a lot more data before shouting “alien life!” from the rooftops. Still, it’s a massive deal, because K2-18b is in the habitable zone — not too hot, not too…
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