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@science.org journalists have an update on the recent claim to have found DMS in the atmosphere of
#exoplanet K2-18b - explaining some of the community backlash 🔭🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
Claim of alien life on distant world meets swift scientific pushback
“The simplest explanation is just that it’s kind of a boring planet like Neptune or Uranus”
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Issuing a press release that claims to have found "an ocean that is teeming with life" should require much stronger evidence than this spectrum. Even if the detection is correct, that doesn't tell you how the molecules formed. 🔭🧪
