{"id":193602,"date":"2023-09-12T21:49:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=193602"},"modified":"2023-09-12T21:49:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:49:04","slug":"potential-life-sign-discovered-on-distant-planet-in-fundamental-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/potential-life-sign-discovered-on-distant-planet-in-fundamental-breakthrough\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential life sign discovered on distant planet in ‘fundamental breakthrough’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A "fundamental" breakthrough in the hunt for ETs has emerged after gas that is only made by living organisms was found on a planet. <\/p>\n

Astronomers made the discovery of dimethyl sulphide on an exoplanet 120 light years from Earth. <\/p>\n

Boffins from NASA and the University of Cambridge used the James Webb Space Telescope to find it on K2-18b, which is eight times the size of our planet.<\/p>\n

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NASA said of the gas: \u201cOn Earth, this is only produced by life.\u201d <\/p>\n

Dr Robert Massey of the Royal Astronomical Society said: \u201cWe are slowly moving towards the point where we will be able to answer that big question as to whether we are alone in the universe or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Professor Nikku Madhusudhan of Cambridge\u2019s Institute of Astronomy said: \u201cTraditionally, the search for life on exoplanets has focused primarily on rocky planets, but Hycean worlds are significantly more conducive to atmospheric observations. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur findings underscore the importance of considering diverse habitable environments in the search for life elsewhere. <\/p>\n

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