Corey S Powell on Nostr: Astronomers will follow up with more observations to see if the chemical signal on ...
Astronomers will follow up with more observations to see if the chemical signal on K2-18b is real. And dimethyl sulphide (DMS) is a really promising target in the search for life processes on alien planets.
Hence this meme from Abel Mendez (for reference, phosphine is the life chemical that might, or might not, have been detected on Venus):
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