James Webb Telescope Found a Possible Sign of LIFE

The James Webb Telescope detected a POSSIBLE sign of LIFE on a far away exoplanet, K2-18b. Here’s the real-talk on what’s happening, and why scientists are hesitantly excited about it!
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[@tzhishotter]

What a time to be alive

[@32.laurin22]

Literally

[@David-zl3bi]

BETTER TIME TO BE DEAD 🥴🥶😖🥵👹💚💀👀

[@mariogabel8401]

That is amazing

[@kalilinux8682]

One minute paper supremacy

[@moritz584]

Read this in the voice of Dr. Károly Zsolnai-Fehér

[@_Bumby_]

For those wondering, the planet is located approximately 124 light years away from Earth.

[@ragethewolf]

If true how long will humans take to reach there based on current tech??

[@Kossa-Odessa]

@@ragethewolfdon’t quote me on this I’m not an expert, but far too long. If we or perhaps better said when we achieve the ability to travel at the speed of light, it would take 124 years I believe. Could be completely mistaken here though, has been a while!

[@_Bumby_]

@@ragethewolf in the time it would take for humans to reach it - even if we are traveling at light speed - we would probably already be able to have the answers we’d desire and would more than likely have better transportation methods. 124 years is a long time and you’d have to have a civilization on the spaceship. Very futuristic.

[@gigakrait5648]

@@ragethewolf At Voyager 1 speed (~38,000mph) it would take 2,159,708 years. 333 million miles per year 17,417 years to go 1 LY ---> 17,417 x 124 = 2.16 million years At Parker Solar probe speed (~395,000mph) it would take 207,824 years 3.46 billion miles per year 1,676 years to go 1 LY ---> 1,676 x 124 = 207k years. 1 LY = 5.8 Trillion miles Speed of light = 670,000,000 mph

[@paveluchitel]

@@Kossa-Odessanot being a smart ass but I think it’s likelier a break through with string theory and or quantum mechanics is more likely to take us there than traveling at light speed using any sort of fuel which would simply be impossible because for a “massive object” to travel at light speed it would need all of the energy of the universe. The closest we could theoretical get to light speed is 80 top 90 percent of speed of light.

[@coolcons1930]

Damn life on a another planet before gta 6

[@razielweskergaming9408]

I know, right?

[@anKad2142]

Nah, 2025 will be crazy and 2026 will be even more crazy 😂😂😂

[@CapitaineBleuten]

I know right?

[@AnonymousYToficial]

Fr

[@Flint_the_metal_consumer]

@@anKad2142 Nah, 2025 will be the most crazy year cuz there will be solar storms comnig from the sun, which means GTA 6 will be... *gulp* CANCELLED!

[@lxdj2948]

The planet is roughly 124 light years from earth, to put that into perspective, that is over 3 football fields

[@RiverIndustries1151]

It's atleast 6 dishwashers away

[@Noobsarecoolya123]

Maybe even 4!

[@The_New_Mexican_Dog]

It’s all bullshit anyhow

[@adrianmasters250]

I think you mean light beers

[@jorgiebutt]

haha

[@pooravsankhyan7700]

Curiosity is a hell of a drug

[@BenPrysny]

Curiosity also killed the cat

[@dremyu]

@@BenPrysny yup, trying to find life on a foreign planet could be the end of our species

[@BenPrysny]

@@dremyu Stephen hawking warned us about this before he passed away

[@rarksgaming9195]

if it is life then its just gonna be a small bacteria or something

[@SlasherWolf302]

​@@rarksgaming9195exactly, the chance of other life that is on or above our intelligence level is very low, since we arose at the beginning of when the universe calmed down and started welcoming life.

[@fafflerproductions]

Thank you for emphasizing that it's a POSSIBLE sign and that it's due to certain conditions instead of cashing out with a clickbait video saying "ALIENS ARE REAL"

[@fobbitoperator3620]

But they are real. Just look at Nancy Pelosi & John Fettedturd...

[@zwenkwiel816]

that's the issue with science in media, especially now with social media lowering standards even further.

[@madhatter113]

But why are we even actively searching for aliens? Don't people understand it's just the stupidest idea ever to try to search or make ourselves visible in any way to aliens? If somehow a more advanced civilization finds us and has the technology to reach us, we really think they'll come with flowers and roses? At best we will be their slaves. Until we become interstellar travelers or type 2 civilization, we should do our best to hide from the universe not search for extraterrestrial life.

[@wesseldenadel2695]

@@zwenkwiel816 you are indeed correct. this particular findin has a sigma of 2.4 which is very very low confidence. and woulndt be considered a basis for such a claim

[@GuinessOriginal]

@@zwenkwiel816the standards in education, research and mainstream media have been plummeting for the past decade and a half at least

[@sixstanger00]

K2-18b is about 124 light years away, so technically we're seeing what it looked like 124 years ago.

[@DiustheZ]

Imagine another planet looking at what we did 124 years ago, we barely had electricity and were gearing up for world war 1.

[@wickeli]

That’s closer than I expected

[@sixstanger00]

@@wickeli Proxima Centauri (our nearest neighbor) is only 4 light years away.

[@effectingcause5484]

@@DiustheZIf there's intelligent life out there, they won't know that we are intelligent unless they are within about, mmmmm, at least a 55 light year radius. Then maybe they would see neil armstrong taking a step on the moon.

[@DiustheZ]

@@effectingcause5484 That's pretty much the point I was getting at. For any Alien species looking at us would be looking at the human species hundreds of years ago. Crusades backwards maybe? Great time in history... Ironically it would be hilarious if they saw something like Ancient Egypt and arrived expecting to see all these monuments to the gods only to show up and confirm conspiracy theories about aliens building the pyramids.

[@metropolis10]

I feel you did a great job not overhyping / clickbaiting / overclaiming this while still being positive.

[@Ivel1oss]

Honestly, I love this channel so much because of this.

[@defectiveaffect]

The living there: "awe nuts they found us 😭😭😭"

[@danielriley7380]

😂😂😂

[@cnk8766]

But it takes forever to reach them

[@Blanch590]

Unless we somehow develop some Star Wars type transportation, they should be fine for a long time. But in the near future I’m sure we will be creeping on em

[@leadharsh0616]

​@@Blanch590i honestly have no idea why are we even looking at such far away planets when it's gonna be impossible to reach there in one generation even while going half the speed of light, which is gonna be a very very low possibility of being able to be achieved. Why not focus on the icy moons of gas giants and actually try and see if life exists and if habitation is possible. We might atleast be able to relocate a large chunk of human population to those instead of just sending breeders to light years away far planets.

[@Balu27.]

nuh uh

[@reneer6213]

Two possibilities exist: Either someone will quote Arthur C Clarke, or they won't.

[@user-gn1cl9ix7p]

Both are terrifying.

[@rosieraver4172]

😂

[@edwinpina7464]

Lol literally the comment on top of yours did 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@KenjiEspresso]

Oh god here we go

[@walkerharris2043]

The way this is directly under the Arthur quote

[@MichaelSBraum]

Love her enthusiasm!!! This would be really AMAZING if there is ANY size of life! Even just bacteria or viruses. Might actually prove we don't have a monopoly on life!

[@michaelstone7514]

Your enthusiasm for scientific discovery is wonderful.

[@maxdaly8185]

I’m certain Cleo wakes up every morning excited about science and what she’ll learn 🙌✨✨😂

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

Of course. Don't we all?. Chimpanzees don't, that is how I filter potential friends, I mention a science discovery . . . and look at their face. No interest?. Not actually a human being then.

[@annanowak9620]

Same here. I love learning new things but unfortunately my memory is getting worse haha

[@veona599]

@@annanowak9620 Same

[@ravizare3481]

Learnt nothing want to learn about another life focusing on ourselves lives

[@BlaknWild]

😢 OH great so now we need space racism we already acting like Hawaii ain't that important. Wait till blue aliens with tentacles try to interact with a super hateful human species. I sure hope they like to be cheap physical labor and that they are NOT edible and taste like bacon! 😅

[@ronniehesson5074]

If only the James Webb Telescope could find intelligent life in Congress

[@fobbitoperator3620]

The rat that infiltrates & raids Jerry Nadler's snack drawer, easily has the highest IQ in US Congress!

[@EXRDaBeasta]

Ha, but off topic. Let's not get political, but enjoy the adventures of the cosmos ✨

[@sepel98]

Thats such an american thought lol Its the WORLDS greatest telescope and there are about 197 other countries so why should it focus on the USA? I could name 20 countrys with worse congresses than USA with eas. Greetings from germany

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

You're thinking of a microscope. A very, very powerful microscope.

[@jonsage5486]

Or end the homeless situation a bit closer to home

[@The_real_FBI-007]

i just hope scientists find life on other planets before i die

[@johnnycash578]

me too, its out there its just the vastness is too much

[@JohnMcintosh-dm1gn]

I'd settle for intelligent life on this planet.

[@victormanuelreyescardona2647]

The planet is so far away, it is almost imposible for us to get there

[@JohnMcintosh-dm1gn]

Not "almost". None at all.

[@jackkraken3888]

Let's hope they don't find us either.

[@S0ulinth3machin3]

with current technology, but technology doesn't stay current. You and I won't live long enough to see up close investigation of other solar systems, but someone in the future will.

[@jazzyj7834]

If it turns out there really is plankton on this planet, let's riot until the planet gets officially named Chum Bucket

[@Xtars]

Bro i cant🛰️💀💀💀💀💀💀🛰️🛰️

[@omarchavez804]

Could be just the beginning of life evolution. Phytoplankton.

[@rythofthefourthhouse7104]

@@omarchavez804nah plankton is cooking up something devious on that planet to get the formula

[@kafkasja]

Imagine the history class in the year 2300. Why is our planet named chum bucky Yes correct sam it has a long back story but the short version is "plankton was here"

[@C-man553]

Not funny.

[@darenongsuejan]

K2-18 b is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits an M-type star. Its mass is 8.92 Earths, it takes 32.9 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.1429 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2015.

[@MrDmadness]

If its mass is that much we wouldnt be able to live there.

[@random6033]

​@@MrDmadness It's also larger and the gravity on its surface isn't that much stronger, on earth gravitational acceleration on the surface is 9.8 m/s^2 and there it's 12.4 m/s^2 It's also colder than the earth and it orbits a red dwarf within its habitable zone I suppose life could exist there, i don't know about things more complex than microbes, but its atmosphere is not good for humans We also don't know if it's rocky, like Earth or if it has more Neptune-like composition Also the biomarkers they found might not be reliable in a hydrogen-rich atmosphere

[@MrDmadness]

@@random6033 gravitational accelkeration is dire tly mass related so a larger planet that is less dense could have the same pull. 12.4 m/sec would not be easy to adapt too, it seems a small diference but its actually a pretty big one.

[@random6033]

@@MrDmadness when did i say it would be easy, i only said sone life could exist there

[@kittenloveer1625]

​@@MrDmadnessyes, we might not be able to adapt, but I'm sure some kind of life could. I mean, we can't survive the pressure of the deep ocean but there's plenty of complex life that does!

[@rBox.]

If you found a life form, name the first one something like Gary.

[@gigakrait5648]

How about Klingon?

[@rattlecat5968]

The excitement in your presentation of the known facts is contagious!

[@aaronl19]

What really amazes me is that this planet 1. Has a Wikipedia Page 2. That Wikipedia page has been up SINCE 2015! With semi frequent edits throughout

[@lovelight9261]

That IS Intrestin

[@Popski887]

I mean it’s been up since 2015 because it was discovered in 2015.

[@rahulsharma8940]

​@@Popski887there are thousands of exoplanets detected. Not every exoplanet has a Wikipedia page.

[@Popski887]

@@rahulsharma8940 In 2019 the presence of water vapor was detected, which drew attention to K2-18b. The majority of the updates where made 2019. If it was a random exoplanet that didn’t have a major discovery, it would be weird for it to have a Wikipedia page. But for something that has been studied since at least 2019, it isn’t weird.

[@GeorgeN-ATX]

​@@Popski887So you agree that, unless there's something you've missed in your response, in 2018 it was a random exoplanet that didn't have a major discovery, meaning it was weird it had a Wikipedia page at that time.

[@MidosujiSen]

"Two possibilities exist: either I shit my pants or I piss my pants. Both are equally terrifying." -Arthur C. Clarke

[@girbij6743]

obligatory arthur c clarke quoting

[@batbird7491]

and Clarke is rolling over in his grave.

[@WednesdaysDragon]

Blasphemy! Lol! 😅

[@McSnappples]

Context: this was reported in September of 2023. And the planet is roughly 9 times the size of Earth, is believed to be covered in water and orbits a red dwarf star K2-18 that is about 124 light years away.

[@s1ndigo]

K2-18b habitants: Yoooo we found city lights on earth

[@Danstarr13]

it's insane how there's always a way to figure things out with metaphorically both our hands and legs tied behind our backs being stuck light years away

[@jeremiahkaine8175]

Its pretty simple actually, the space program is utter BS , we pay BILLIONS in taxes to fund a program that is nothing more than a MASSIVE money laundering pit 💯💊 ask yourself this ; IF we were able to send astronauts to the moon decades ago WHY DID WE STOP , also nasa says they LOST the knowledge and ability to achieve a moon landing again , I'm sorry but if you believe this load of crap you are EXTREMELY GULLIBLE 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯NASA is literally the Hebrew word for DECEPTION 💊💊 research the father of NASA Jack Parsons ,he was an OCCULTIST who thought he was a fallen angel ,he was also friends with and followed ALIESTER CROWLEY the FATHER of modern day satanism !!!! PLEASE RESEARCH THIS 🙏

[@sdbrogs]

I don’t really get your point, do you know what it took to build that telescope?

[@jeremiahkaine8175]

@@sdbrogs yes i do and i actually know the REAL reason WHY they built it 💊

[@tylerclarke4829]

@@sdbrogsI don’t really get your point. What has the difficulty in the creation of the telescope got to do with us being light years away and still able to ‘scan’ for compounds?

[@sdbrogs]

@@tylerclarke4829 that it’s only possibly to do that with the telescope, therefore they haven’t made these discoveries with their “hands tied behind their backs”. The telescope didn’t magically appear up there, it’s credit to the people that made it and put it out there

[@insfire99yearsago40]

"Multiple leviathan class lifeforms detected, are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?"

[@coolramone]

She probably believes in aliens from outer space and is thrilled at the thought. 🙄

[@Mac-J]

@@coolramonewhat led you to that fantastical conclusion genius?

[@janwip]

​@@coolramonethanks for summarising the video

[@enderxncdr1984]

Just make sure Kharra is not there.

[@SteveRomigsongwriter]

Of course it’s worth it. Everything that gets us closer to the truth is worth it. The reason we are where we are now is our questioning nature. Most of the technologies we have now exist because Einstein didn’t accept the nature of gravity or light and got closer to the truth of it. Next time you walk into a building and the doors open automatically think of him. Before Einstein people thought light was waves. He theorised and later proved it was photons.

[@spot_of_tea53]

K2-18b is 120 light-years away. 1 light year is 6 TRILLION miles. So that planet is 720 TRILLION miles away from earth.

[@petegarnett7731]

If we start now. their primordial soup will be an advanced civilisation by the time we arrive.

[@scottpitner4298]

As we receive and analyze light from other stars, with planets, some of the starlight passes through the atmosphere of the planet. Then using spectroscopy they can show which elements are present. Really cool stuff.

[@alienautopsy9326]

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” - Arthur C. Clarke

[@user-co8uy5rb2s]

Being alone isn't terrifying.

[@straft5759]

@@user-co8uy5rb2sIndirectly it is, because it implies that there is something killing lifeforms on other planets and preventing them from developing (possibly themselves, hence a fear that we might destroy ourselves using some advanced weapon)

[@user-co8uy5rb2s]

@@straft5759 unless somehow THEY have learned to get around the 299, 737, 000 meters per second limit, I wouldn't worry. However, I know for a fact other life exists, comes here, messes with us , but won't outright destroy us, so, I'm more worried about humans.

[@lazygamer923]

​@@AverseinsomniacWell fallen Angels are actually demons😂😂😂so just say demons and Satan the god of demons and darkness.

[@tarxan2790]

@@lazygamer923no actually there not the same

[@blackdogadonis]

I could have so many conversations with this lady, i love it when people are excited about things they learn. It's infectious

[@YungMisfit20]

Ew

[@DJ_Hyperfish]

@@YungMisfit20ew u

[@MrPaxio]

i rather read research papers instead of talking to a woman

[@tigress0076]

@@MrPaxio we can tell that no woman wants to talk to you lol 😂 tell me you’re an incel without telling me you’re an incel 🤭

[@iluvcashwbu]

@@MrPaxioacting like any woman would want to talk to u in the first place 💀

[@fr.chiphines1414]

Cleo, love the enthusiasm. Keep up the great work

[@alexcooper2956]

I love the passion that put into your presentation

[@DeOlaa]

bet lets pack our bags and lets go there ladies and gentlemen, even though its 120 light years away :)

[@krishnagoyal3598]

Wormhole: Let me introduce myself

[@priteshdhole5984]

​@@krishnagoyal3598There is no Practical warmhole found till date.

[@krishnagoyal3598]

​@@priteshdhole5984 yeah I know that

[@ahoora7773]

How has it not discovered before since it’s not that far away compared to other planets?

[@ankitnmnaik229]

Yes why not ...when will we get there ?? Maybe Neve...😂

[@karinsch3347]

"hesitantly excited": my new favourite phrase

[@shilpabiju3016]

Yea..I noticed too..heard another good phrase in another video; 'hauntingly beautiful!'

[@rcook2608]

Space is fake af is mine because it is a uuuuge hoax

[@jeanneganrude8549]

I’m hesitantly excited too. Any signs of something “else” out there is thrilling to say the least.

[@hj7372]

Cambridge University scientist Nikku Madhusudhan led a research team to find out these possible gases as a sign of life on the planet K2-18B.

[@camille617]

I love your optimistic videos, keep learning and keep sharing! :)

[@topthog]

I’m glad the first sign of alien life is pointing towards krill, not kill

[@michaellin4553]

it is one in a krillion

[@quententrollipart1985]

Krill Bill

[@relevantinformation6655]

I see what you did there… you krilled it 👍

[@Domthegoatyessir]

Yall are krilling me😂

[@democraticrepublicofsprout7263]

Krilldivers 2 💀 🦐

[@alexrva433]

If War of the Worlds taught me anything, it's that you don't mess with alien germs, no matter if you have a massive technological advantage over your opponents Edit: I have never seen so many people miss a joke or flat out ignore it in my life.

[@briankeyes268]

True ... but, our technology has improved since War of the World's which was written in the early 20th century. 😊 My bet is they had no idea. I think we may do better, and when I saw we I mean research scientists.

[@flynn9214]

That planet is 124 light years away, we won't be messing with its germs anytime soon...

[@keylimepie3602]

It's 124 light years away, assuming we could travel at the speed of sound at a constant rate undisturbed (if I did the maths right I probs didnt but oh well :P) it would take us 9112 millennia just to get there 😔

[@Chef_Alpo]

​@@keylimepie3602good, no ET covid

[@no7995]

i mean... we wont be travelling to any other planets in the near future... we can barely get to the moon and back... we can't even get to mars and come back....

[@jvmorones]

JWT sliding into K2-18B's cosmic DMs is wild 😅

[@Ottee2]

Amazing science to be able to detect such things.

[@patrickjenkins6383]

Cleo's excitement & enthusiasm for Astrophysics is delightfully Contagious. 🌎😘

[@yanyanz3011]

I like her videos, but I don't like she uses too many hand gestures when speaking. It's annoying.

[@patrickjenkins6383]

@@yanyanz3011 Some of us are wired for using dramatic hand gestures, especially when talking about anything that excites us. When I was a kid, my grandma also found my elaborate hand movements quite Annoying. I remember she once said: "Don't move your hands so much when you talk! Folks will think you're..."ARTISTIC."😳🤔 I later learned that in some circles, that word, believe it or not, when used to describe (a male) is sometimes equated with: (GAY.) Go figure. 😂

[@ixinor]

Simps

[@yanyanz3011]

@@patrickjenkins6383 you're right

[@clallen2000]

I wish more people were like her.

[@iftekhar77]

Her energy is just lovely

[@isaid1218]

I bet you she sniffed a few lines of that "baby powder" to seem so excited about something to inconsequential. 🤨

[@crazychicken8290]

Nawhh

[@iftekhar77]

@@crazychicken8290 don’t be jelly

[@crazychicken8290]

@@iftekhar77 nawhh you don't mean her energy

[@davidfroehlich2702]

​@@crazychicken8290well there are lot of lovely things there, including her energy

[@rockinrobbie1968]

This is encouraging. Thank You.

[@brockmiller574]

Thank you for your non doomy non click bait content. Such a breath of fresh air.

[@robertlackey7212]

“When you look at the dark side, careful you must be. For the dark side looks back.”

[@ben6591]

This isn't dark tho.. nor negative at all

[@QTpatootie95]

@@ben6591They're saying if you go looking for life, you may alert it to our presence and we don't know whether it's friendly or unfriendly.

[@ben6591]

@@QTpatootie95 most likely is. People like to point to a cowboys and the Indians. But we are the most destructive species known in the entire universe okay. I think us fearing that aliens are violence is more so a projection of us and not reality

[@choose2vibe]

​@@QTpatootie95Exactly. 🤔 Let sleeping beings be.

[@AT-wl9yq]

Aliens would be no match for us. We just created the ultimate weapon. They have this thing now that works just like the bat symbol they use to call Batman. But instead of projecting an image of a bat, they put Nancy Pelosi's face on it. If that doesn't keep them away, nothing will.

[@wowdbb761]

thank you padme. youre amazing

[@actionmarco8556]

I was thinking Julia Roberts, but interestingly, you're right, too

[@davidharrison7014]

​@@actionmarco8556Yes! Julia Roberts and/or Angelina Jolie.

[@Sebastians-Studio]

Lmaooooo

[@Sebastians-Studio]

Julia and Padme's secret daughter. @@actionmarco8556

[@davidharrison7014]

"I hate sand. "It's course and rough, and it gets into everything. "Not like you, Padme. "You're soft." lol

[@batboy242]

I am counting on you Cleo, to keep us informed!

[@gigakrait5648]

Of what exactly? You can't confirm any of this. It's nothing but speculation. She will tell you anything you want to hear so long as you keep coming back to her channel. Did you really fall for this nonsense? As if you are going to know one way or another in the near future. 124LY is a loooooooooong ways away. We're not going there. Don't forget that now they are also realizing that all of their previous predictions on the age of the universe and the big bang could be and probably are totally wrong. But yea, believe that they can somehow definitively tell there is life on a planet 124LY away. Uh huh.

[@mikeburda3038]

In time, mankind will realize life is prevalent.

[@brianlittle9202]

She has a beautiful way of talking about science, and the weather or reading a grocery list, saying the alphabet etc.

[@PeelosopherBananaCrates]

I think you're confusing the speakers appearance with the method of presenting the information

[@brianlittle9202]

@@PeelosopherBananaCrates I think you're taking a silly joke and trying to unnecessarily intellectualize it. Maybe to try and make yourself sound intelligent I don't know but it's ridiculous to leave that comment for what is obviously a joke. It makes U sound desperate to sound intelligent lol

[@PeelosopherBananaCrates]

@@brianlittle9202 what was the joke? If you'd like to understand my reasoning for stating that you're likely confusing her appearance with her chosen method of presenting information, I'd be glad to try and clarify

[@brianlittle9202]

@@PeelosopherBananaCrates I don't need U to clarify anything. Let me dumb this down for U. The joke was that I was confusing her looks with her approach of teaching How can U not get that. U point out what was to everyone else is the joke asking what the joke was??? U are the only one who seems to be stuck on it WTF? Now U are the joke. Do U really have so much nothing going on in your life that U are willing to waste time with this, because I have wasted all the time with U that I am willing to waste. Just go away.

[@irony_2]

@@PeelosopherBananaCrates Original comment was a joke. I dont think you got it.

[@jhhwild]

I think we finally found Mark Zuckerberg's home planet.

[@prasenjitmishra6130]

😂

[@ICU1337]

Lets send Elmo and his zealots there to explore it!

[@stevel6939]

He is from earth! We made him here, duh! 😅😅

[@sleepyearth]

@@ICU1337 Yea Elon needs to go there and stay there.

[@sambronkowitz8198]

😂

[@AarPlays]

It would be insane to be alive when we first discovered life on another planet

[@mohitshrimal3445]

The presentation is top class

[@Deschutron]

I remember when exoplanets were only discovered by a pattern of dimming of the light of their stars as they cross in front of them. Being able to observe the planet directly and do spectroscopy on it is a great step forward.

[@Milamberinx]

This is still basically that same trick. JWST cannot resolve a planet in another solar system, what it has done is give us better information about just how the light of the star dimmed.

[@user-cp1kk1rv4h]

​@@MilamberinxYou need a telescope for that? Because the star burned up it's fuel, that's why it burns out...this isn't new information.

[@Milamberinx]

@@user-cp1kk1rv4h uhh, try reading the whole conversation, we're not talking about stellar evolution here, we're talking about detecting exoplanets.

[@_exolite]

One of my coolest facts I know about life is the fact life itself may be older then our own planet- it’s possible, but we probably will never know for sure.

[@MrDmadness]

It is and we will

[@briankeyes268]

I read that as "we the living now" ... but, probably in the future. Intelligent, or technological life will be the rarity.

[@Raz.C]

Life is just a series of biochemical reactions. As long as the chemistry is there to support an ongoing reaction, then life can continue. There's nothing surprising about the possibility of life existing before the formation of our planet. What IS surprising is how many people seem to think that life is some magical thing, completely oblivious to its chemical basis, even though they KNOW that if you deprive a person of oxygen for long enough, they die. Life, just like a fire, is just a self-sustaining series of biochemical reactions.

[@betadecay6503]

"fact"..."may be"...maybe learn what a fact is.

[@KaninTuzi]

​@@betadecay6503 It's a fact that you may be daft

[@inkmaster2136]

It wasn’t just JWST it was a professor from Cambridge.. give him his flowers

[@Makaveli5136]

Keep us updated!

[@mvutali]

Sometimes it's hard to realize how far we've gotten and this discovery is just absolutely mind blowing

[@AluminiumT6]

Nah

[@LargeFry1]

yeah I keep hearing this from people. we have not really come that far imo. I mean in terms of space travel, nope. we have not really even travelled space. orbited the planet, sure. That does not count. We never even made it to the moon. I mean, if anyone could make it to the moon, it sure as hell would not be dumb ass americans. Much smarter people have tried and failed. As far as the human race in general and advancement, hell no. We are going backwards. People are forgetting how to communicate one on one. So yeah, I do not see how far we have gotten.

[@gigakrait5648]

Still just speculation. Even the possibility. In the end it doesn't really matter though because we aren't going there. 124 LY is a looooooooonnnnnnnnng way off. 124 LY is 719 Trillion miles.

[@sdack3511]

@@gigakrait5648okay? So you would discount the discovery of aliens just because they’re hundreds of light years away?

[@Hayondrolinhix9999]

Go and seek help if you really think that they are telling the truth...... They haven't even posted any proof to tell is it real🤦🤦

[@bluemosquedesign]

This is the wholesome science excitement channel I didn't know I needed.

[@ComeJesusChrist]

A time of deception and hideous space nonsense with pathetic CGI rubbish?! Enjoy your vaccinations, don’t get more!

[@vamsikrish6470]

Something more interesting is those results are 124 years old as the light reflected from k2 18 takes 124 years to reach us.

[@monuacoustic]

To be precise. It's not the telescope that discovered it. We've been using it since 2021. Thankfully AI hasn't advanced to that point. The credit ofcourse goes to by proff. Nikku Madhusudhan from the University of Cambridge which your video didn't cover at all. Totally excited about the discovery just as much as you are and glad you are spreading the word. 🙌🏽

[@ruchigarg13]

I really like the way you simplify such difficult to understand facts… keep going!!

[@200fpsASH]

Yep she a science planet type! Hope androids are linked to her to insure her site are perfect 🌌🌐⚖️🔵🌌

[@6Oko6Demona6]

Over simplified that is. Scientists have found a planet that dimms frequently, which might mean there's a planet. The dimming removes certain colors from the spectrum which might mean that there are certain chemicals on the planet, which chemicals might have been produced by life but also by other processes. Everything more than that is a complete stretch. To suggest that there might be life there is a massive stretch. Done simply, because she knows her audience is dumb and will never be able to understand what went on.

[@yanyanz3011]

I like her videos, but I don't like she uses too many hand gestures when speaking. It's annoying.

[@loveu5045]

Quite exiting news. I hope we can find life by next year.

[@jonathanholmstrom9529]

That's a very optimistic time-frame

[@michaeldocker1009]

Something happening after next year we should know about? 😂

[@toyanaydin8248]

You got any insider knowledge bro?!

[@AEONIC_MUSIC]

Even if it's confirmed the results are right we still don't know for sure there might be some kind of chemical reaction in that complex environment that creates it naturally so we would have to go there to know which won't be for a long time

[@frailvoid5844]

Exactly,@@AEONIC_MUSIC

[@Nameless-qe9hu]

Ah, the perfect thing to think about right before bed

[@rors7976]

This is actually so exciting!!!!

[@wtf2203]

Love the tone of the dialog: excited, hopeful, but recognizing the need for a lot more information. It's an exciting subject.

[@Zachf7775]

Sounds excessively excited to me

[@hectormartines7361]

Yeah, I agree: a loooooooooooot more information. Like a 120 light years worth. ✨🌟👁️‍🗨️

[@wtf2203]

@@spanishprisoner The expression has been around a lot longer than you or I have.

[@ayyooadam]

“Two possibilities exist-“ Dammit. Someone already said that

[@JAHNUSSHORTS]

I hope to see that life one day

[@AlecBeretz]

if we can already do this with a telescope this far away, then aliens definitely know our search history.

[@blwqed1587]

JWST ON THE RUN

[@DonsArtnGames]

JWST can rest when the Carl Sagen goes up

[@sammysammyson]

K2-18b is only 124 light-years away from us, meaning if there *is* life, we are seeing this relatively close to where it actually is on its evolutionary timeline, too.

[@stonecoldranblesfan862]

Stands to reason if biological activity started as soon as earth stopped being bombarded enough to hold liquid water and we know that material is ejected and traded across planets It would only take tens of millions of years for a slow moving body to get there say the speed of a car Lots of bacteria and tardigrade could survive in space All it takes is something self replicating to survive the trip and land in an ocean and it’s likely to quickly adapt to its new habitat There sheer volume and time scales would dictate it has had the time to do this plausibly Genetically we share 30% with bacteria 30% with fungi 40% bananas 70% with an oak tree 90% with a cat 97.5% with a mouse And 99% with chimps our closest relation That’s a fair amount of variability from one single common ancestor

[@stephenchigwidden7504]

How can we have more in common with a mouse than a cat mice are disgusting and stupid oh shit.

[@FishRfun]

Dang I subscribed just after seeing this one clip. I love this kind of stuff

[@pnw224]

Out of all the videos, yours is the one I will believe

[@Azh_Tiel]

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” -Arthur C Clarke. there I've done it

[@mmccreations7710]

Nahhhhhh, not being alone is alot more terrifying

[@jamisoncarey7579]

​@@mmccreations7710I'd say being alone is. Because not being alone and being terrified assumes that everything is out to kill us.

[@executioner5148]

​@@mmanuel🤡

[@Bretaxy]

The chance we are alone is literally 0%

[@John_Malloy]

@@Bretaxy You forgot the 10 before 0%.

[@zap2747]

Correction, telescopes detect light that WAS traveling through a planets atmosphere. We’re seeing what this planet used to look like.

[@logancuda4624]

True. But in the case of this planet, only about 124 years ago

[@sebastiannolte1201]

Unneccessary to mention, because it has nothing to to with telescopes. You ALWAYS see what things used to look like. We see how the planet in the video looked like 124 years ago. You see with your naked eye how the sun looked 8 minutes ago. And an object 3 meters away in your room how it looked 10 nanoseconds ago.

[@zap2747]

@@sebastiannolte1201 I wasn’t making a distinction between eyes and telescopes?

[@zap2747]

@@logancuda4624 regardless

[@sebastiannolte1201]

@@zap2747 Sorry I don't wanted to sound to harsh, I am just nitpicky :-) No, you didn't make a direct distinction , but it sounds like you do. Because you make that comment in the first place. I mean, if some video says "I have seen something that is like this and that..." would you make a comment "Correction, your eyes detect light that WAS reflected from that thing. You have seen what the object used to look like"? Probably not.

[@XD2021]

That planet needs FREEDOM

[@Meowgirl88]

Love your videos they are so interesting bless you

[@Catstronautgirl]

JWT is the goat fr fr

[@Mike-zx1kx]

JWT just took position 1,2,3 in Vuelta a Spain! Amazing!

[@doormatcat]

Do keep in mind. This planet is probably thousands of lightyears away which means it probably has developed further but we're only seeing what happened that many years ago

[@lagato-gp3mh]

Its only 124 lightyears away, it would look basically the same as evolution takes millions of years

[@doormatcat]

@@lagato-gp3mh I know evolution takes very long. Didn't know how far away it was though

[@nextlevelintactivism8195]

She makes me more excited about this fantastic discovery

[@ultrahot2083]

As someone that actively performs observational research on exoplanet atmospheres, I'd say the field is quite skeptical of that DMS claim and **very** skeptical that there's anything resembling a "possible hint of life". The probability of this being a false positive is high, and even if the DMS exists there's little evidence that it must have been made by life. I and others think it's a real shame that this claim of DMS made it past peer review let alone got so much press coverage

[@somethingbob1210]

Yeah, as a chemist (though, not one who studies atmospheres) it's frustrating. I'd not go so far as to call it lying by omission, but pointing out that life is a big source of DMS *on Earth* and leaving it at that is... not great, and a red herring. It makes it seem more plausible as a life sign than it really is in the context of a methane rich atmosphere with no oxygen around to muck up radical processes in the same way. Like, if it's there, there's probably some interesting photochemistry, but as a life sign I think it's laughable at the moment.

[@MrDmadness]

Do you study THAT planeT? if no then youre not speaking from exp.

[@somethingbob1210]

Whether I study that planet is pretty much entirely irrelevant - frankly, I can tell at a glance that it's not unreasonable for some abiotic process to make it on the planet. And no, I don't study this planet, but I am a chemist. What is relevant is understanding chemical reactivity, informed by some general other information. And that chemical reactivity has to be the same as on Earth, else we'd be wrongly identifying things in the first damn place because of the underlying principles of spectroscopy.

[@matthewbalsinger3238]

Agreed. As a chemist who studies atmospheric gasses, most of the claims made around trace gasses and life are mostly dubious at best. Mere observational data on Earth is not a consensus. This is the phosphine debacle of a couple years ago all over again.

[@CodyKendall1]

Video's like this make science look bad, unfortunately. My BS detector was through the roof with this title.

[@lorcis1]

There are two possibilities, either I'm hungry or I am not

[@BabakHamedani]

It's already extremely amazing I can watch your recorded video on a device size of The poem of my head.

[@jesset2504]

It’s like telling someone there is an island in the middle of the ocean with nothing but gold and diamonds. But unfortunately nobody has a boat to get you there.

[@nikkicrouse6713]

Not really because at least in time it’s possible to cut trees and build a boat. For this you’d need to travel at 128,000,000 miles per sec every minute, every hour, every day for 124 years. Signals from earth have yet to leave our own galaxy and we’ve been transmitting for over a hundred years so communication will never be possible.

[@austinsmith2371]

@@nikkicrouse6713 in our lifetime. Eventually one day, it may reach some far away galaxy and the audio of you roasting some kid on Call of Duty can be transmitted by aliens and listened to by their society for their own scientists to research maybe.

[@nikkicrouse6713]

@@austinsmith2371 lol; and if all the rain drops were lemon drops and gum drops oh what a world it would be.

[@woodworkingandepoxy643]

​@@nikkicrouse6713the first ever signal sent into space was done by Carl Sagan and several other scientists in the late 1960s, so not even close to a hundred years. Also we have a probe that has exited our galaxy. Matter of fact the closest planet capable of sustaining life is only 4 light years away

[@ThePieOfTheUnknown]

I've always been fascited by hearing of possible life outside our own planet

[@bryse02]

Your channel is so good

[@Tropveq]

Helldivers 2 bouta turn into reality 💀

[@Somedudefrombrooklyn]

For super earth!

[@Tropveq]

@@Somedudefrombrooklyn FOR FREEDOM!!!

[@lunaholdaway9999]

What is interesting is that even if we only see like the beginning stages of life on that planet, they are definitely way more advanced life then we can tell right now.

[@pikadragon2783]

124 years isn't that much on a evolution timescale. The implications is on another level though. If we find more life "just" 124 light years away, chances are, the galaxy is actually filled with it.

[@lunaholdaway9999]

@pikadragon2783 That is fair. I might have missed the distance if it was said. But if there was life there that could see us, they would still see 1899. Intelligent life it would possibly be a huge difference, but you are right. Evolution wouldn't change almost at all.

[@pikadragon2783]

@@lunaholdaway9999 no worries about missing it XD it said the distance in text above the model of the planet.

[@nataliealice05]

@@pikadragon2783Why wouldn't be? Thinking the Earth is the one and only is some real narcissistic way of thinking.

[@pikadragon2783]

@@nataliealice05 it is not a matter of assuming one or the other. So far, we looked into the stars and could not find signs of life. The question of whether we are alone or not could not be answered. Now we might answer them.

[@robharris8844U]

"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that" (2001 a Space Odyssey)

[@uninspirational14]

Did you know that Venus has life on it it’s a Special type of Microscopic life maybe Venus used to have animals then Climate Chnage and The Sun getting closer etc. made them all die and Then Micro life adapted to what they are now.

[@xdragon2k]

Now the question is, if we actually find intelligent life, do we really want to make contact with them.

[@rickeco4tango33]

Always breath of good vibe on the internet! Tell me interesting things with a beautiful smile!!😍

[@frances-if5fp]

I'm glad there are enthusiatic people who can redirect our thoughts from the horrors of our times...even if just for a moment and about something I'll bever experience or see. I do appreciate her KZbin presentations and infectious excitement 👍🏽🤓

[@manishmalli13]

The only reason I see Cleo’s videos is to see her excitement in explaining complex stuff! You are amazing! Thank you✨

[@entertainingsportshighligh7525]

you wouldnt watch her videos if she was unattractive

[@BrucknerMotet]

"hesitantly excited" is something of a gold standard in terms of the positive emotions permissible by a due respect for the scientific method.

[@c.r.broken_human]

The possibility of life on another planet is mind blowing, but depending on how far it is from us it is possible that the life didn’t take hold and it no longer exists.

[@PacificForage]

I was so stoked when I read this article in the news. Can't wait for further research results.

[@TheArtsyAviary.]

What a generation to be alive in

[@gigakrait5648]

And it's nothing more than research. Speculation. Theory. You can't prove it. Why do you all think with just a little more data they will know for sure? Yea, something that's 719 Trillion miles away looking through a telescope is going to absolutely tell you there is life there. That's some seriously flawed thinking.

[@noodle123ify]

There should be more channels like this, following scientific endeavours, as opposed to the majority who shred people for followers

[@EnderViBrittania]

Majority of people are low IQ so these science channels don’t appeal to them

[@Evitaschannel]

And shes not clickbaiting and actually giving facts instead of going “NEW LIFEFORM CONFIRMED??.? ALIENS?!?!”

[@wilurbean]

Shes actually closer to clickbait than not

[@Mr.Dobalina113]

This is absolutely clickbait with cherry picked facts to support an impossible narrative

[@gigakrait5648]

@@Evitaschannel It's still all nothing but speculation. She's luring so many here with this enthusiasm of hers everyone is so excited about that they lose perspective and all sense of reality. Listen to what she says, "if we confirm these signs of life". Yea, like how exactly are you going to do that? You're not going there so that's out. So you're basically relying on theory, guesswork, speculation and wishful thinking looking through a telescope at an object that's 719 Trillion miles away. Not exactly clickbait but it's awfully close.

[@ramagon2761]

And the craziest part is if we can see life it has definitely evolved a lot from what we can see because of how far away the light is.

[@peterschaefer1665]

This is exciting!

[@mrsentinel6815]

James Webb was my professor at FIU back in 2011 i think when i was an underclassman for my Astronomy class. that was one of the most interesting classes i have ever taken Edit: just realized the telescope was named after a diffrent james webb

[@gunzofbrixton1236]

That’s very cool

[@MossyMozart]

@mrsentinel6815 - Even so, you had a great professor!

[@Foogi9000]

This would be insane if true. It would honestly be one of the biggest discoveries this century. To know for certain that there is, in fact, alien life. Even if it's just some phytoplankton, it would confirm that life *is* indeed out there, and that opens the gates to sooo many possibilities.

[@user-cg7gd5pw5b]

Like the great filter being in front of us? Yeah, sooooo exciting.

[@Foogi9000]

@user-cg7gd5pw5b Take your shitty pessimism elsewhere. The great filter is meaningless. If it even does exist by the time it hits you and i will be dead. Quit worrying about a potential future that doesn't even exist yet.

[@aussieseal9979]

​@@user-cg7gd5pw5bthe great filter isnt a certainty. Its a theory

[@thedimarcoguy]

If we figure out light speed travel then we're also aliens

[@shrock6629]

No no no This would be HUGE if true