Scientists Say That They Are 99.7% Sure That They Found A Planet That Has Life On It

More than eight times the mass of Earth and 2.5 times as big, K2-18b is rare among the roughly 6,000 exoplanets discovered so far in that it orbits its star in a habitable or "goldilocks" zone.

This means it is neither too hot nor too cold to have liquid water, considered the most important ingredient for life.

Telescopes observe such far-off exoplanets when they cross in front of their star, allowing astronomers to analyze how molecules block the light streaming through their atmosphere.

In 2023, the Webb telescope detected methane and carbon dioxide in K2-18b's atmosphere, the first time such carbon-based molecules were detected on an exoplanet in a habitable zone.

The biggest Space news since Katy Perry and the Blue Origin girl squad pretended that they were astronauts. For all the media headlines about UAP/UFOs, drones over NJ, and Area 51 we still have actual scientists doing work in deep space with the James Webb telescope to find life in other universes. Truly incredible. 

This one happens to be 124 light years away. Liquid water. Habitable zone. All the markers for potential life. IF the technology ever existed for humans to travel there...send Katy Perry again. You can count me out. This planet, K2-18b (also, such a shitty name for a planet. Scientists need to hire some marketing people or bloggers to name these new planets that they are finding) is 2.5x the size of Earth. You know what that means...2.5x the gravity...2.5x the weight. Sorry, but I just don't have the confidence to weigh like 500lbs on any planet. I have been going through a health crisis on Earth for about 4-5 years now. Traveling across the galaxy at light speed for 124 years just to come out on the other side morbidly obese doesn't seem like a good idea for my self-esteem. Earth until I die. Which could be sooner than I'd like if I don't turn things around.