@ogb removed their quoted postVery click-baity title for this thread!
Of course the telescope has not, in fact, found any aliens. As the article says, the telescope might be able to spot "free oxygen" in the atmospheres of exoplanets, and it is hypothesized that only biological activity can generate free oxygen in detectable quantities.
28 Aug 22
@soothfast saidCarbon dioxide has been found in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time.
Very click-baity title for this thread!
Of course the telescope has not, in fact, found any aliens. As the article says, the telescope might be able to spot "free oxygen" in the atmospheres of exoplanets, and it is hypothesized that only biological activity can generate free oxygen in detectable quantities.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-detects-carbon-dioxide-in-exoplanet-atmosphere
