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UC-Riverside: Webb Telescope Probably Didn't Find Life on an Exoplanet - Yet
May 03, 2024
RIVERSIDE, California, May 3 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:

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Claims of biosignature gas detection were premature

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Recent reports of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked excitement. A new study challenges this finding, but also outlines how the telescope might verify the presence of the life-produced gas.

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