Artist rendition of planet K2-18 b. (Source)
The ongoing Donald Trump Reality TV Show tends to crowd out other news that deserves more attention, and I wonder if everyone noticed the news the other day that scientists may have found life on a planet 120 light years away. This seems like a news story Robert Anton Wilson would have been interested in, so I am posting about it here.
From the New York Times: "Now a team of researchers is offering what it contends is the strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life, not in our solar system but on a massive planet, known as K2-18b, that orbits a star 120 light-years from Earth. A repeated analysis of the exoplanet’s atmosphere suggests an abundance of a molecule that on Earth has only one known source: living organisms such as marine algae."
Here is a story doubting the claim. So, maybe not? Still, it seems to me this should be getting much more attention. This seems more substantial than endless UFO nonsense.
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