🔭🪐👽 Webb caught a whisper from K2-18b, 124 light-years out. Strange gases hint at life, but the proof is thin and history says not to trust easy dreams. Still, the hunt is hotter than ever, and a new eye in the sky may one day settle the score. For now, it is just a question hanging in the dark. #LifeOutThere https://bigthink.com/the-past/aliens-everywhere-how-scientists-once-imagined-a-cosmos-teeming-with-life/