700 trillion miles away, planet K2-18b shows signs of life: Cambridge team detects promising clues from distant world

Astronomers have detected potential signs of life on planet K2-18b, located 700 trillion miles away, using the James Webb Space Telescope. The team discovered chemical traces of dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and dimethyl disulphide (DMDS) in the planet's atmosphere, gases only produced by microorganisms on Earth. While the detection has a 99.