James Webb Telescope Discovers Exoplanet with Promising Signs of Life
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The James Webb Space Telescope has detected an organic molecule, along with methane and carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18 b, suggesting the possibility of life in its vast global ocean. The planet, located 120 light-years away in the constellation Leo, is believed to be a Hycean world, a type of potentially habitable planet with hydrogen-rich atmospheres and world-spanning oceans. Further observations are needed to confirm the presence of life and determine if the planet's radiation has made its ocean too hot to sustain life as we know it.
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