Astronomen haben die Entdeckung der vielversprechendsten „Beweise“ bisher potenzielle Lebensdauer auf einem Planeten außerhalb unseres Sonnensystems angekündigt
Astronomen haben die Entdeckung der vielversprechendsten „Beweise“ bisher potenzielle Lebensdauer auf einem Planeten außerhalb unseres Sonnensystems angekündigt
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“What we are seeing right now are signs that may indicate biological activity outside the solar system,” he explained. “To be honest, I believe this is the closest we’ve come to observing something that we could confidently associate with life.”
The key finding in this latest study published in THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS, is the detection of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS)—compounds that, on Earth, are produced only by living organisms, primarily by phytoplankton in ocean environments.
These compounds were identified alongside methane and carbon dioxide, gases that had already been detected in the planet’s atmosphere in 2023. Lead researcher Nikku Madhusudhan, an astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge, shared his excitement during a press conference.