Future Space
The James Webb Telescope may have detected an extraterrestrial sign of life! When the 10-billion-dollar device trained its infrared vision on the exoplanet K2-18b, 120 light-years away, it detected dimethyl sulfide – a sulfur compound that on Earth is produced exclusively by organisms! Does this mean that the matter is settled? Can we finally answer the oldest question of mankind, whether we are really alone in the universe, with a clear no? Well, that is precisely the crux of the astronomical debate: while one side of the experts is already popping the champagne corks, the other side is calling for a little more patience – and pointing out that even the capabilities of the most powerful space telescope of all time are limited!
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