The Possibility of Life on a Distant Planet Is Becoming More and More Remote

Slate.fr

Factuality

Ownership

After the hope aroused by clues of molecules associated with the living, new analyses undermine this hypothesis. Scientists refine their quest for real biosignatures, while recognizing that this planet is still mysterious.

sciencepresse.qc.ca

Factuality

Ownership

The announcement last April of possible traces of life on planet K2-18b made a lot of jaser. However, new data confirms what several experts suspected: these conclusions were clearly premature.

eldiariodechihuahua.mx

yucatan.com.mx

View article

Reposted by

yucatan.com.mx

Factuality

Ownership

In April, a team of scientists from Cambridge University claimed that a planet orbiting a distant star could harbor life. The announcement sparked intense debate among astronomers; many skeptics argued that the evidence was too ambiguous. Now, a NASA-led team made a new series of observations of the planet known as K2-18b, which is 124 light years away from Earth. This time a clearer picture of the planet was made, and the presence of water was …

der Standard DE

Factuality

Ownership

What was recently regarded as a promising indication of extraterrestrial life turns out to be a statistically inconvenient signal