The space agency's James Webb Space Telescope discovered a molecule called dimethyl sulphide, or DMS, on the distant planet, which on Earth can only be produced by life, according to a report from the BBC.
"On Earth, DMS is only produced by life. The bulk of it in Earth's atmosphere is emitted from phytoplankton in marine environments," University of Cambridge Profesor Nikku Madhusudhan, who led the research, told the BBC. More @ https://www.foxnews.com/us/nasa-detects-molecule-another-planet-only-produced-by-life
How?
And... regardless of the answer, prove it.
And, I still don't believe tha we have the ability to detect ANYTHING that is 120 light years away.
i was just going to say "fake and gay" but you say it better.
I dunno. "Fake and gay" always works, especially for those fake space aliens, now named Fake and Gay.
I saw someone cut those aliens open. They are made of cake.
I saw that too. Very funny. I am amazed that someone took the time to bake a Fake and Gay cake. That's meming to a whole 'nother level.
Spectroscopic analysis. Very effective. No reason to doubt it. But there have been other chemicals found in interstellar space for no clear reason. Just because a chemical is produced by life does not mean that it cannot be produced by abiotic chemistry. (In fact, we produce it by abiotic chemistry, but it is complicated.)
NASA is obsessed with the "Search for Life." I consider it purely as a public relations campaign to convince the public that NASA is somehow "relevant." I also think it is part of a strategy to promote "evolution" as the origin of life, rather than Creation.
I am mindful of what happened when the Viking landers supposedly detected life on the surface of Mars---but NASA had to back-pedal at flank speed because the chemistry of the test was open to question. (Now they are trying again.)
To me, all this is a complete waste of time, resources, and money. The emphasis should be "boots on the ground---of another planet." If there is life, we will find it. Or it will find us. There is this arrogant conceit that the only way we will find something is if we diligently look for it. No consideration of the possibility that it will appear among our explorers without warning.
I think this discovery is neat and all, but of course there are reasons to doubt it. Not understanding the technology and how it's possible to come to these conclusions isn't an excuse for being dismissive of it (I don't know how to build a nuclear power plant, but they clearly exist).
Certainly I believe questioning the science is a big part of science at its heart. Dismissing it is bad; asking how and being skeptical is good.
Just like carbon dating -- and, well, everything else, methods and conclusions can always be sound but lead to the wrong conclusions too.
Always important to show the raw data with discoveries like this, and provide your models and methods used. Crowd criticism and viewership can either tear it apart or agree with the findings.
A spectrographic signature of a molecule is as unique as a fingerprint. They don't imitate one another. There is no answer to the question: What else can it be?
If I recall correctly, amino acids have been discovered in interstellar space as well. Does it prove the presence of life? No, it only proves that their formation does not depend on biology. And that may be all that this proves.
If they detected anything what they saw was happened 120 years ago, light travels at 186,000 mi per sec that would put it 186.k x 60s/m x 60 m/h x 24h/d x 365 d/year x120y or about 686,527,488,000,000 miles away 120 years ago. Yea... and Canada caught on fire all at the same time because too many cows are farting....
This.
How does anyone verify this? NASA has been known to say just about anything.... No one can verify it.
Trust the science, NASA said it so must be true. Eye roll.
The Babylon Bee will have an article about Biden sending them money in 3...2...
Edit to add: I just noticed OP mentioned phytoplankton. Let them invade, they would be no match for our Tardigrades.
Warp factor 8, engage.
Looks fake and gay
Probably part of the prep for "The Alien Invasion"
In this case it would be an invasion 120 light years from now, if they are very industrious molecules. By then the sun will have burned out and Earth will be toasted and gone.
Imagine driving all that way to kick somebody's ass and when you get there the lights are out all over and their old house isn't even there anymore.
The biggest dissapointment of all will be that the invasion will be footage from the Independence Day movie.
They don't like the movie, so in their mind no one does, so it would be a safe bet no one will recognize them.
Welcome to Earth Green Slime.
So even if we create light speed travel tomorrow, it's going to take us 240 years to confirm it long after everyone today is dead.
Technically speaking. We could in theory create near lightspeed travel with the tech we have now. You’d however need a proverbial running start of a few years to build up the speed.
What we’d need to confirm it within a reasonable timeframe is Faster then Light Travel. Which at least publicly is even more theoretical and barebones than the near lightspeed theory. Whether the DARPA Eggheads have something sitting in a bunker or remote testing center is a different question
There is this. A patent for the Lockheed TR-3B Astra????
https://files.catbox.moe/rzzy4a.pdf
but the pipe bomber to the RNC and DNC are a mystery....
R I G H T
Thanks nasa
I remember when Obama had NASA doing Muslim outreach.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obamas-new-mission-for-nasa-reach-out-to-muslim-world
So supposing my knowledge of Astronomy isn’t terribly outdated. Wouldn’t that mean they’re detecting the molecules emitted by the planet 120 years ago?
If they even detected anything at all. It is NASA after all. And this is also coming on the heels of the Alien News Cycle
According to Spongebob Squarepants science, 120 years is more than enough for phytoplankton to evolve into an advanced technological society, develop space travel, find our planet, and send an invasion force of highly advanced, yet terribly flawed warriors with weaknesses to face punches, over the shoulder flips, and sarcastic commentary.
Or wait, was that Battleship....Independence Day? Oh, it was The Watch... no, that was the crotch aliens.....
Wow, they can see a molecule from 7.94 X10 ^14 miles away.
I call BS.
What, they were about to pose for a stature,
Who knew that The Blob had FTL ships??? 😯
Guys… I'm sorry but… I don't think I trust the science anymore.
Space cow farts are a thing now boys. Send gretta there to tell them "how dare you"
So they detect a molecule "produced by life on another planet 120 light years away" but won't admit that abortion is the murder of a baby...
So far, I haven't even seen a non-cgi or non-artist's concept photo of Earth from NASA, and their "Mars" rover was mysteriously found in Hawaii in an area that looks surprisingly similar to the mountains on the moon.
Coincidence, I'm sure.
🙄🙄🙄
as a simple country woman who lives in the hills," now how in the hell did they do that?"
Sure...sure...
Hey, can we get one single hi res pic of earth that hasn't been composited, photoshopped or altered in any way?
I mean, we've given you trillions already...