The discovery of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K2-18 b, a massive planet more than 100 light years away from Earth, is a 'very small indication of the possibility' that it can sustain life, but humans couldn't live there, retired NASA astronaut Capt....
The discovery of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K2-18 b, a massive planet more than 100 light years away from Earth, is a "very small indication of the possibility" that it can sustain life, but humans couldn't live there, retired NASA astronaut Capt. Winston Scott, now a senior vice president at the Florida Institute of Technology, told Newsmax Sunday.
Last week, astronomers led by the University of Cambridge, announced, based on data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the discovery of methane and carbon dioxide in the exoplanet's atmosphere and said the results are “consistent with an ocean-covered surface underneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere," reported The Washington Post.
"But more important, there's a material, it has a long fancy name but we just simplifying as DMS, dimethyl sulfide on Earth that is produced only by living organisms … so if it's only produced on Earth, there's a possibility it is produced on this far away planet," Scott told Newsmax. "We would not even be able to stand up on our own weight," he said. "So, there are some similarities … but it is unsustainable to our life. Also, it is so far away. Remember, it's 120 light-years, so we couldn't even get there."
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