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on another planet. The evidence came from the James Webb Space Telescope, which identified the presence of a molecule called dimethyl sulfide on an exoplanet called K2-18b.This negative take on the initial discovery hasn't prevented news outlets from running the same stories from the fall about NASA finding proof of life. False headlines abound from media who haven't even read the previous study, let alone the latest one.
K2-18b was discovered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope in 2015. In 2019, the Hubble Space Telescope found evidence ofK2-18b is considered the archetype “Hycean” exoplanet. Its abundance of methane and carbon dioxide—and shortage of ammonia—suggests an ocean may be underneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere.
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