Don't believe this spoiler attempt! We are not alone!
This is the first time that such chemical signatures were found on an exoplanet! Further, investigations will be forthcoming, I am sure.
"The discovery of living organisms, no matter how primitive, on another world would be the most monumental scientific discovery of anyone’s lifetime. But, despite the headlines that swept the globe yesterday, we’re probably not much closer to that finding than we were the day before. ...
using NASA’s JWST telescope to detect the signatures of the gases dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) in starlight that had passed through the atmosphere of K2-18b, a massive planet 120 light-years from Earth. Here on Earth, those gases are produced by marine phytoplankton and give sea air its distinctive scent. “ ..."
Alien planet’s atmosphere bears chemical hints of life, astronomers claim "A study suggests a distant world has gases linked on Earth to algae, but others urge caution before invoking alien slime"
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