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On April 16th, a team of researchers claimed to have found signs of life in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, they detected a gas called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the exoplanet’s atmosphere, which orbits in its alien star’s habitable zone. On Earth, DMS is mostly made by microscopic plankton. On other planets, it could be what’s called a biosignature—a sign of life. But not everyone agrees that it signals the existence of alien life, so we asked ten experts for their take on this discovery. Find out more at the link in bio. Illustration by NASA/ESA/CSA/Joseph Olmsted, STScI showing what exoplanet K2-18b could look like based on scientific data.

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Rose or whatever🧍🏽‍♀️
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Idk, let's send Katy Perry there

Tony Humanic
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Not Sure,🤣 still trying to find intelligent life here on Earth ..

Anthony Heeschen
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Judging by how humans have treated life on Earth, maybe we should just stay home…

Kenny Mackin
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Send Elon up to see 👏👏👏👏

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Do we still live in a bubble that we are the only special ones in this universe?

BFN 🎤
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A black man’s invention where them DEI talkers 😮‍💨😉🙂‍↕️

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😂

David Biggers
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No

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Lv426 ?

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😢

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Nah

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Let's go

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Subhanallah 🙌

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