Is this thing on?

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  • Why are other researchers skeptical?

    For starters, there are questions about whether K2-18 b even has water — or a surface that could support life. Modelling studies of it and similar planets suggest that they are probably barren4,5. “A lifeless mini-Neptune scenario remains the most parsimonious explanation,” says Joshua Krissansen-Totton, a planetary scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle.

    Then there’s the issue of whether DMS or DMDS is actually present, or whether the signal is spurious. The measurement reported by the Cambridge team is “really pushing the limit of what JWST can do”, says Laura Kreidberg, an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany.

    Schmidt and his colleagues recently re-analysed the 2023 claim from the Cambridge team and found no evidence of biosignature molecules in the data6. Schmidt says that the new observations are “pretty noisy, and any reported features could still just be statistical fluctuations”. The Cambridge researchers, however, say that there is just a 0.3% probability that the signal is due to chance.









  • You also don’t need youtube to publish it. I’m glad this entire conversation happened because it revealed just how ignorant and inconsiderate this community is regarding respecting other member’s privacy.

    The issue isn’t the message. It is using a data gathering corporation to send it out and even using it here. It’s hypocritical to what I thought this community was for. If OP had used an Invidious or Peertube link it wouldn’t have been a problem. Do you not understand that by clicking on the link you could be flagged as ‘worthy of stricter scrutiny’, or a premium put on your specific data exactly because they now know you’re trying to hide it?