Possible hints of life found on distant planet – how excited should we be?

[Admin]

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has shown that an exoplanet around a star in the constellation Leo has some of the chemical markers that, on Earth, are associated with living organisms.

Possible hints of life found on distant planet – how excited should we be? : Read more

 

[Dave]

The exoplanet K2-18b is 8.6 times the mass of the earth.

 

[rod]

"The exoplanet K2-18b might host a water ocean."

Space.com reported this recently too.

Exoplanet's surface may be covered in oceans, James Webb Space Telescope finds

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered that an exoplanet around twice the size of Earth that is already suspected of possessing a liquid water ocean has carbon-based molecules in its atmosphere. Exoplanet's surface may be covered in oceans, James Webb Space Telescope finds : Read more

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