Why Scientists Are Secretly Freaking Out About Alien Life on Exoplanet K2-18b (New Discovery?)

🚨New Discovery Alert: Why are top astronomers whispering that K2‑18b might host ALIEN LIFE?
The James Webb Space Telescope just detected dimethyl sulfide (DMS)—a molecule almost exclusively made by life on Earth (but how about the Universe?)—plus methane + carbon dioxide in the hydrogen sky of this possible Hycean ocean world. That three‑sigma signal has researchers quietly losing sleep as they race for a five‑sigma confirmation. Not quite yet a New Discovery but close.

In this Deep Research breakdown we cover:
• What the JWST MIRI spectrum really shows and why it outshines the Venus phosphine and Mars methane buzz
• How a Hycean sub‑Neptune can keep a planet‑wide ocean liquid under a hydrogen blanket
• The stats game—why 3‑sigma hints trigger career‑level caution while private Slack channels explode with excitement
• All known abiotic loopholes—and why none yet explain 10 ppm DMS
• The wild but logical leap from plankton‑style microbes to long‑term intelligent evolution in alien seas

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