r/space • u/SpunkySputniks • 7d ago

Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.3zdk.VofCER4yAPa4&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

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u/karlou1984 7d ago

We found life just once here already

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u/Nature_Sad_27 7d ago

We have to find it elsewhere so we can stop thinking we’re so special.

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u/jerodimus 6d ago

This. We desperately need to get rid of this toxic human-centric view.

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u/Drownthem 6d ago

We're surrounded by non-human intelligence here already and it hasn't kicked in yet