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Webb Probably Didn’t Detect Biosignature Gas on K2-18b


In 2023, astronomers reported a tentative detection of dimethylsulfide -- which is predominately produced by marine microbes on Earth and regarded as a biosignature gas -- in the atmosphere of K2-18b.

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