Has the James Webb Space Telescope found evidence of alien life ?
For a while now, rumors have circulated about the discovery of an exoplanet with strong signs of life.
Did Webb Telescope find life?
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This is something that's going to studied and debated for a while. With the planet being about 120 light years away we are unlikely to get a closer look anytime soon.
What we know so far is that this planet is in the "Goldilocks Zone" meaning it's near enough to a sun star that it gets heat and light but not so much it can't support life. Called the "Goldilocks Zone" because it's not too hot and not too cold, the Earth and Mars are considered to be in the Goldilocks Zone. Scientists can see the planet using high tech telescopes and by watching the planet pass between the telescope and the planets sun they can analyze how the sunlight passes through the atmosphere to get an idea of what gasses make up said atmosphere. What they see is almost definitely methane, most probably carbon dioxide and trace amounts of what some are guessing to be dimethyl sulfide. On Earth the only natural occurrence of dimethyl sulfide comes from alge, plankton and other ocean microbes.
If confirmed this would be a pretty strong indicator of life on another planet.
What we know so far is that this planet is in the "Goldilocks Zone" meaning it's near enough to a sun star that it gets heat and light but not so much it can't support life. Called the "Goldilocks Zone" because it's not too hot and not too cold, the Earth and Mars are considered to be in the Goldilocks Zone. Scientists can see the planet using high tech telescopes and by watching the planet pass between the telescope and the planets sun they can analyze how the sunlight passes through the atmosphere to get an idea of what gasses make up said atmosphere. What they see is almost definitely methane, most probably carbon dioxide and trace amounts of what some are guessing to be dimethyl sulfide. On Earth the only natural occurrence of dimethyl sulfide comes from alge, plankton and other ocean microbes.
If confirmed this would be a pretty strong indicator of life on another planet.
