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Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet - NYTimes gift article (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago

Love when people drop VERY important words for sensationalism.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

On Earth, the only known source of dimethyl sulfide is life.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Yuck. Good thing I don't eat any breakfast cereals.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You missed a word there bud, and it was an important one. "Possible"

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 2 points 3 months ago

You know, I swear "Possible" wasn't in the article title when I auto populated the title in my post...

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 0 points 4 months ago

This is always clickbait. It's not aliens. It's never aliens. Even IF the detection of a chemical we previously believed only formed as a result of biotic processes is confirmed all this research can tell us is that there is likely conditions on other worlds where the abiotic formation of said chemical (in this case sulphur dioxide and disulphur dioxide) is possible.