The team of scientists has found Possible chemical signs of life a PlanetAway from our solar systemHowever, they warn that they need more work to ensure their inventions.
Investigated UniversityCambridge It is monitored in the atmosphere of an exoplane compounds, which can only be produced by organisms. Some experts outside the study described these findings as interesting, but Is not enoughTo prove the existence of life On another planet.
“This is a strong signal until the date of biological activity outside the solar system,” said Nikku Madhusudhan, astronomers of Cambridge during a live broadcast on Thursday.
Analysis of NASA data and European Space Agency’s web space telescope, researchers have found signs Demolite Sulfite in Dime and Tymith In the atmosphere of the planet Q 2-18 B. On Earth, these two compounds are Mainly made by microbial life like phytoplankton Marino.
The planet is More than double -size than earth And it is eight times larger. Is in the call Its star -living zone. It is found 124 light years Stay away from our home; Each light is equal to nearly six billion kilometers. So far, more than 5,500 planets have been confirmed in the orbit around other stars.
Madhusudhan stressed that it is necessary to continue to investigate any error or other processes, in addition to the organisms, in addition to the possibilities of creating compounds. David Clementes, the astronomical physicist of the Imperial College in London, ensures that the atmospheres of other planets are complex and difficult to understand, especially with the limited information available from such a distant planet. “This is very interesting. However It does not yet indicate a clear detection of timidil sulfide and timidyl tsulideIt is a step in the right direction, ”he announces in the comments made by London’s ‘Science Media Center’.
