The James Webb Space Telescope detected dimethyl sulfide in its atmosphere (on Earth that comes from marine microorganisms). K2-18b is potentially habitable super-Earth about 2.6 times the size of our planet. It is located 124 light-years from the Solar System.

Oct 27, 2025 · 12:00 AM UTC

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That’s a major potential biosignature detection dimethyl sulfide on Earth is only produced by life, mainly phytoplankton If confirmed, it would make K2 18b one of the strongest candidates yet for a life supporting exoplanet. Webb ability to detect such faint molecular traces across 124 light yearsis just mind blowing
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Replying to @Rainmaker1973
@grok what would you expect the force of gravity to be on this planet? And how would that affect the use of rockets for launches?
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Replying to @Rainmaker1973
@grok more context is this really inhabitable?
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We should leave it alone because people there are probably 2.6 times stronger than us.
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Outside of idle curiosity, why does a planet 124 light years away that might possibly be habitable concern us. It means that if we could travel at 186,000 miles PER SECOND. Which we can't. And survive for 124 years at this speed. Which is older than any human has ever lived, we would then have the chance to know if a tiny indicator was correct. Interesting but not vital
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I wonder what the memes are like over there.
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So a generational spaceship could reach it assuming it can travel close to the speed of light, but the humans born & raised on it over the centuries would have to be slowly genetically modified to increase their body mass & strength to match the planet's gravity upon arrival. 🤯
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Replying to @Rainmaker1973
That’s great news, now we just need to develop FLT technology or discover the Warp & we can be there in just a few months 🙄
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Replying to @Rainmaker1973
That’s more than 2.6x’s our size
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It didn’t detect shit!
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The good news…. Any advanced aliens aren’t leaving that planet with large mass objects
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God was intentional when He set the potentially habitable planets light years apart from Earth.
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So they found space for the immigrants... Good news
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Wouldn't the gravity be crushing with that mass?
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Yall keep believing in lies if you want to.
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This is about 1.27 times Earth's surface gravity of 9.81 m/s², or roughly 27% stronger.
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If we landed there would gravity be so strong we could never leave???
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Must have a massive gravity! We could probably never live there. Well not without robotic suits or something.
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Would need to take the wormhole express
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Any way you look at it, it always adds up to employing interdimensional pathways to go anywhere in space.
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Replying to @Rainmaker1973
If stationary time travel was possible it would be worth a visit.
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Nice then let’s move there continue killing each other because the Earth is not enough for our stupid war against each another 😂
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@elonmusk Take us there!! Let's start over and do this better
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What's the gravity like there? We would probably be crushed by gravity if we ever got there
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For comparison, the distance to Mars is 0.0000238 light years.
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Even in the extremely unlikely event intelligent life ever evolved on a planet of that size, it would remain forever impossible for them to launch a rocket into orbit. The physics of chemistry and gravity make it impossible.
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We are on k2 they just want us to think we are running out of resources
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So we not alone?
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There will be many more found as our technology advances, may we soon be able to visit one of them.
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Cool find, but most of this is still guesswork. Detecting a few molecules doesn’t prove life, it just means something interesting is going on. We’re nowhere near confirming if anything’s actually living out there.
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Let’s all migrate… it’s just going to take us ~150,000 years to get there 😀
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We would never be able to land and take off. The size(mass) of the Earth made it difficult to place objects in orbit.
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