Friday, 25 April 2025

Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise

 

Illustration of the exoplanet K2-18b Image courtesy of NASA’s Goddard ace Flight Center/Science Photo Library

Joel Kontinen

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the claimed molecules may not be there at all

Evolutionist are inspired if life would be found in other planets, but often their wishes are turned to dust. The latest was with the  planet K2-18b.

“Apparent signs of alien life on the exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise, according to a new analysis of data from the James Webb  telescope.

On 17 April, Nikku Madhusudhan at the University of Cambridge and his colleagues made the stunning claim that K2-18b, a super-Earth 124 light years away, showed strong evidence of an atmosphere containing dimethyl sulphide, a gas that on Earth is only produced by living things.”

So we would not see little green men on the exoplanet.

Source:

Alex Wilkins 2025 Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise | New Scientist 24 April