JWST Uncovers Signs of Possible Life on Distant Exoplanet K2-18b

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JWST Uncovers Signs of Possible Life on Distant Exoplanet K2-18b

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched in December of 2021 with a mission of doing infrared astronomy.

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JWST is placed at Lagrange Point 2 (L2), about a million miles away from Earth, in a stable orbit around the sun.

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NASA reported that the JWST had detected signatures from a distant exoplanet called K2-18b that could support life.

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K2-18b is a massive planet, more than 8 times larger than Earth, and orbits a cool dwarf star named K2-18.

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The chemical compounds found by JWST on K2-18b were methane and carbon dioxide, with a relative dearth of ammonia.

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This discovery may indicate that there’s a massive ocean under the atmosphere of K2-18b.

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