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Scientists find compounds we only know to be produced by life on Earth in the atmosphere of an exoplanet at a significance of 3σ.
K2-18b is in its star's habitable zone, likely containing a H2 atmosphere and a liquid water ocean.
Is this the 'strongest hint' yet of extraterrestrial life? Umm...
Data showing evidence of DMS and DMDS on K2-18b, at thousands of times the concentration in Earth's atmosphere.
April 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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A petrostate is a country whose economy is heavily dependent on the extraction and export of oil or natural gas. The US has not become more dependent on them, it has simply replaced imports with domestic production.

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US exports in 2022. Oil and natural gas make up less than 25% Source: https://oec.world/en/profile/country/usa%23yearly-trade US primary energy consumption, 1950-2023. Total consumption from fossil fuel sources has not increased, and has been slowly decreasing in the last two decades. Though, most of the change in the mix of sources is from coal being replaced by natural gas. Source: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/
November 12, 2024 at 1:01 AM