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k_buddy762

(638 posts) Fri Jun 6, 2025, 03:56 PM Jun 6

The truth about life on other planets - and what it means for humans [View all]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8jwj90ejno

There are some scientific discoveries that do much more than advance our knowledge: they create a shift in our psyche as they show us the scale of the Universe and our place in it.

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on another world, a moment that has inched a little closer today with the news that signs of a gas, which on Earth is produced by simple marine organisms, has been found on a planet called K2-18b.

Now, the prospect of really finding alien life - meaning we are not alone in the Universe - is not far away, according to the scientist leading the team that made the detection.

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The truth about life on other planets - and what it means for humans [View all] k_buddy762 Jun 6 OP

Infinity of Space and Time. multigraincracker Jun 6 #1

Someday we will go there and find they have built a wall. Norrrm Jun 6 #2

Exciting info. Thank you EverHopeful Jun 6 #3

As someone said when asked if we will ever find life on another planet. "Maybe if we land on a Saturday night." spike jones Jun 6 #4

The presence of dimethyl sulfide is always presented this way. I think it a dubious indication. NNadir Jun 6 #5

Hmmm, i thought I read that it can be producdd in a non biological way, as well electric_blue68 Jul 3 #6