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Webb Detects Possible Biosignature Gases in Atmosphere of K2-18b

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have detected the chemical fingerprints of dimethyl sulfide and/or dimethyl disulfide in the atmosphere of the super-Earth exoplanet K2-18b.

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