Discovering Alien Life in the Universe. Talking with Professor Nikku Madhusudhan
Deploying the James Webb Space Telescope, Madhu and his team at Cambridge University have discovered the first hints of DMS on an exoplanet 120 light years distant from Earth. On Earth, only living organisms produce DMS. More research is necessary to confirm the presence of DMS on exoplanet K2-18b, but the first hints of such are a breakthrough in itself.
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Jim Herlihy is a published author: his novel “Deceit and Dirty Money” is available on line. He served as President of the SF Public Library Commission 1992 - 1996. While working in Latin America, he was a stringer for The Economist, The Times and the BBC. Jim serves as a director on two SF sister city boards : Bangalore, India and Cork, Ireland.
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