eli5: Today NASA announced it has detected a gas on a planet 120 light years away that might indicate life. How? 1.11K viewsDecember 31, 2023 Question100.55K September 12, 2023 0 Comments I just can’t compute how this is possible. How can a telescope detect a gas, which isn’t even visible to the naked eye, on a planet that is an incomprehensible distance away. [Source](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66786611) In: 143 26 Answers ActiveNewestOldest Anonymous Posted September 13, 2023 0 Comments ”I’m optimistic that we will one day find signs of life. “Signs of life as we know it”. So many articles leave this part of the sentence out. Space is a big place. There may very well be different kinds of “Life”. You are viewing 1 out of 26 answers, click here to view all answers. Register or Login
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