Astronomers say that there is an increasing possibility of life on this distant planet

Astronomers approach a statistically significant discovery that can emphasize the possible signs of life that was discovered on remote external planets K2-18B is not a coincidence.

Astronomy team, led by Cambridge UniversityThe data from the James Web telescope (which has been used only since the end of 2021) is used to detect chemical effects of the DMS and/or DMDS, which they only say cannot produce life like vegetarian life in the sea.

According to the university, “the results are the strongest evidence so far that life may exist on a planet outside our solar system.”

The results were published this week in Astronomical Physics Magazine messages He referred to the possibility of an ocean on the surface of this planet, which scientists had hoped to discover for years. In the summary of the paper, the team says: “The possibility of Hycean worlds, with the oceans at the planet level and the H2 atmosphere, has expanded significantly and the search for housing environments elsewhere.”

However, not everyone agrees that what the team found proves that there is life on the outer planets.

Science author and founder of OpenMind Corey S. Powell Publish the results On Bluesky, Writing, “The potential discovery of an strange life is so attractive that it pulls a good reputation outlets to run a naive or explicit misleading stories.” He added: “Here we go again with Planet K2-18B. Mother …. There is strong evidence of non-biological sources of the DMS molecule.”

K2-18B is 124 years old and much greater than the ground (more than eight times our mass), but younger than Neptune. The search for basic signs of life on a planet like this increases the chances of more planets such as Earth that may be from housing, with temperatures and atmosphere that can maintain a human -like life. The team behind the paper hopes to help more study with the James Web telescope in confirming their initial results.

More research to do it about finding life on K2-18B

Kristen Glenn, a jiusvic scientist, the planetary researcher, said this research is still an early step in this process at the South West Research Institute in San Antonio, that this research is not the only place where scientists explore the possibility of life, and this research is still an early step in this process. He said that excitement about the importance of research must be mitigated.

“We need to be careful here,” said Galin. “It seems that something in the data cannot be explained, and DMS/DMDS can provide an explanation. But this detection extends the limits of JWST.”

“More work is needed to test whether these molecules are already. We also need complementary research to assess the biological background on the K2-18B and similar planets. That is, the chemistry that can occur in the absence of life in this environment that is likely to be strange. We may see evidence of some cold chemistry rather than life.”

He said that the TRAPPIST-1 planets are searching in the name of It is likely to be valid for housingAs LHS 1140b, What he said “It is the last planet outside the astronomical planets, which may be the huge ocean world.”

As for K2-18B, Glenn said that many tests need to make consensus on the life on them.

“Find evidence for life is like to sue a case in the courtroom,” said Glenn. “There are needed multiple independent lines of evidence to persuade the jury, in this case the scientific community around the world.” He added: “If this result stands up, then this step 1.”