Has NASA Finally Found Life?
Has NASA finally found evidence of life on another planet? This is a planet twice the size of earth — the first planet whose atmosphere holds DMS (dimethyl sulfide) gas, produced by phytoplankton. The dimethyl sulfide is the giveaway because it’s only produced by living organisms.
Nikku Madhusudhan, an astronomer at the University of Cambridge in Great Britain, announced the discovery in 2023. The planet in question is known as K2-18 b and it orbits a dwarf star in the constellation Leo, approximately 120 light years away from Earth. It has a radius 2.6 times that of Earth, so it’s unlike any of the planets in our own solar system. Here’s more from Linda Mouton Howe on her channel Earthfiles.
