Will this exoplanet have life?
K2-18 b is a large
world located about 120 light-years from the sun. It inhabits the Goldilocks zone around its star, meaning at liquid
water (and potentially life) could exist there.
A recent analysis
with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) supports the idea that the
exoplanet may have its own liquid water ocean — and that the ocean may be
home to living creatures. But probably not little green men.
In the study, JWST
detected possible traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical known to be emitted
only by phytoplankton on Earth, in the exoplanet's atmosphere.
But scientist have
been adamant that such things happened on Venus, which will not support life.
Source:
Brandon Specktor 2024 32 alien planets that really exist (msn.com) 2 October.
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