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Title: Is there life on K2-18 b? (DBowie)
Post by: SqueakyVoice on April 20, 2025, 02:48:53 PM
It seems that Drake's equation might need a bit of revising...?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/17/scientists-hail-strongest-evidence-so-far-for-life-beyond-our-solar-system (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/17/scientists-hail-strongest-evidence-so-far-for-life-beyond-our-solar-system)
Title: Re: Is there life on K2-18 b? (DBowie)
Post by: splashscuba on April 21, 2025, 11:00:57 AM
Quote from: SqueakyVoice on April 20, 2025, 02:48:53 PM
It seems that Drake's equation might need a bit of revising...?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/17/scientists-hail-strongest-evidence-so-far-for-life-beyond-our-solar-system (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/17/scientists-hail-strongest-evidence-so-far-for-life-beyond-our-solar-system)
Not yet.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zPYHPGSDf_w (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zPYHPGSDf_w)
Title: Re: Is there life on K2-18 b? (DBowie)
Post by: SqueakyVoice on April 26, 2025, 10:13:21 AM
Quote from: splashscuba on April 21, 2025, 11:00:57 AM
Not yet.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zPYHPGSDf_w (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zPYHPGSDf_w)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/22/life-on-another-planet-k2-18b-science
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Such contextual information is always critical to proper data analysis. Life co-evolves with its environment, and so if we don’t know much about the environment on a planet, it’s hard to say whether a potential signal of life makes sense. This is difficult in the solar system and even more difficult for exoplanets, because we can only access them through distant observation.
Technology has (& is) moved forward, at least for now, we know we aren't the only planet or the only solar system (...or in The Only Galaxy...etc, etc).