Very cool (and potentially exciting) result!
And a good reminder that if (/when?) extraterrestrial life is discovered, it will most likely be just like this: a weird chemical balance in an exoplanet atmosphere, seen via some wiggly lines in a spectrum, subject to extensive expert debate. 👽🧪
And a good reminder that if (/when?) extraterrestrial life is discovered, it will most likely be just like this: a weird chemical balance in an exoplanet atmosphere, seen via some wiggly lines in a spectrum, subject to extensive expert debate. 👽🧪
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Michelle Collins
Oooh, a hint of dimethyl sulfide has been found by JWST in an exoplanet atmosphere! This molecule is only produced by life on earth, so if verified is a huge result. The planet in question is likely an ocean world. Cool stuff! 🧪🔭 www.theguardian.com/science/2023...
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that planet is so doomed!
You would not believe how much crap I get from the UFO/UAP crowd when I post this simple little statement from where I work.
They want so hard for it to be true, they denigrate anyone trying to tell them a measure of truth.😑
Papers published on why this is so (not easy to understand).
Not radioactive. You could drink some, but can't substitute for ordinary water (again for reasons I can't understand).
All you need is hydrogen sulphide, methanol and aluminium oxide, all of which exist throught the universe, abiogenically