Unveiling Alien Oceans: Webb’s Breakthrough in the Hunt for Life

Astronomers recently announced a tantalizing discovery: using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected potential biosignature gases—dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS)—in the atmosphere of K2-18b, a distant planet orbiting within its star’s habitable zone. On Earth, these molecules are produced almost exclusively by life, sparking cautious excitement that we may be closer than [...]