Researchers have made decisive progress in the search for life outside our solar system: they discovered signs of two important chemical compounds in the atmosphere of a distant planet that can indicate the extraterrestrial life.
The discovery of Dimethylsulfide and Dimethyldisulfide was successful with the help of the James-Webb telescope, said the team of British and American researchers. These two substances only produce living creatures on earth, such as small seaweed.
“What we find at the moment are indications of possible biological activities outside the solar system,” said Nikku Madhusudhan of the University of Cambridge. So close to the researchers was “never” found that they could “live”.
The sulfur compounds were discovered on the K2-18B, which was gone for 124 years. This was noticed by the American Waterpaepaepaepaephelescope Kepler in 2015. He circles the Zon K2-18, a red dwarf star in the Constellation Lion. There it is not too hot nor too cold for liquid water – a condition for life. The exoplanet is more than eight times the size of the earth and is probably also made of silica and ice.
Source: Krone
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