Joel Kontinen
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical only known to be created by phytoplankton on Earth, “
This took place in the atmosphere
of an exoplanet that is thought to have an liquid ocean,
The exoplanet, K2-18 b, is a “sub-Neptune planet (between the size of Earth and Neptune) that orbits in the habitable zone around a red dwarf star roughly 120 light-years “ from us.
Researtcers are not sure if the exoplanet has life, They have discovered "dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a foul-smelling chemical that is only
known to be produced by microscopic life in Earth's oceans. “
But that does not mean life,
Source:
Baker , Harry, 2923. , James Webb telescope sees potential signs of alien life in the atmosphere of a distant 'Goldilocks' water world Live Science 16 September
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