April
18
/ 2025
The search for life on alien worlds has produced by far its most exciting discovery, in the form of a planet just 124 light years from earth that shows all the signs of hosting life. Translating galactic terms into an earth-centered perspective, this planet is literally right across the street from us, and the data that has been collected from there suggests it is likely “teeming with life,” at least some of which could be highly intelligent. It seems that much of the surface of this distant planet is covered with ocean, as is earth, which suggests the possibility of parallel stories of evolution. For now, this unique exoplanet has been given the decidedly unromantic name of K2-18b—which is probably
