Patrick discusses new discovery by scientists that is the greatest discovery in the history of mankind, alien life on a distant planet. It's happening right before our eyes.
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00:00What's up, Betters? Patrick here with Vetted. The story I am going to share with you today
00:06could be the greatest story in the history of mankind. It has that potential, and the
00:13way it's looking, it's exactly what's going to happen. Now, what am I talking about? You're
00:20about to find out. So, apparently, there's an article and a story floating around. Every
00:26major news outlet is covering this story. Here's one from the New York Times, and it
00:32states, astronomers detect a possible signature of life on a distant planet. Astronomers have
00:39detected a possible signature of life on the distant planet K2-18b, 120 light years away.
00:47The planet's atmosphere contains a molecule commonly produced by living organisms on Earth,
00:52suggesting a warm ocean teeming with life. Further studies are needed to confirm the
00:58presence of life on K2-18b. So, stay with me because I have a video from the University
01:06of Cambridge to help explain this a lot more. Before we dive into that, I made a quick little
01:13two-minute summary to help bring this all together to help explain exactly what's going on.
01:20K2-18b is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star K2-18, located about 124 light years away
01:29in the constellation Leo. Discovered in 2015 by NASA's Kepler telescope, it's a sub-Neptune with
01:37a radius 2.6 times Earths and a mass 8.6 times Earths, orbiting every 33 days in the star's habitable
01:46zone where liquid water could theoretically exist. Its density suggests a hydrogen-rich atmosphere
01:54enveloping either a rocky core or a Neptune-like gas composition.
02:00In 2019, Hubble detected water vapor, a first for a non-gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone.
02:07In 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope confirmed methane and carbon dioxide,
02:13with the tentative detection of dimethyl sulfide, otherwise known as DMS, a molecule associated
02:20with life on Earth. However, the DMS signal is debated, with some suggesting non-biological
02:26origins, like comets. K2-18b may be a Hyacian planet, a world with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere
02:34and potential liquid ocean. However, its large size and high gravity suggest it could be a gas-rich
02:41mini-Neptune with no solid surface, challenging habitability. The absence of ammonia supports
02:48the ocean hypothesis, but a molten rock surface or supercritical water state is also possible.
02:54The DMS detection is at a 3-sigma significance level, 0.3% chance of being random. But, 5-sigma
03:03is needed for confirmation. Some researchers argue the planet's high-pressure, high-temperature
03:08atmosphere, potentially thousands of degrees at the core, makes complex molecules like DNA unstable,
03:16reducing life's likelihood. Others note that non-biological processes could explain the observed
03:23gases. Skepticism persists due to the planet's differences from Earth and the risk of overhyping
03:29tentative data. James Webb Space Telescope's ongoing observations, including its MIRI instrument,
03:37aim to clarify the planet's composition and DMS presence. While exciting, claims of life remain
03:44speculative, without further evidence. Now, I don't know about you, but this sounds like the greatest
03:50discovery and the history of mankind. And 0.3% random is all I need to hear. They want to go even
03:58further and confirm this, but 0.3% that this is just random? Hello. So let's hear from this scientist
04:07who made this discovery. Now, before I play this video, please hit that like button for me,
04:14betters. I worked really hard on this video. And of course, if you haven't already, hit that subscribe
04:18button. I put out new videos every day about the UFO phenomena and alien life.
04:32We found the strongest evidence to date of possible biological activity on an exoplanet.
04:39DMS stands for dimethyl sulfide. This is a very important molecule because here on Earth,
04:52DMS is produced uniquely by life. Microorganisms in the ocean like algae, phytoplankton. And theoretical
05:00studies have predicted for the last two decades that molecules like DMS would be very robust
05:06biomarkers on exoplanetary systems, including planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres like
05:13Haishin Wurz.
05:19K-218b is an exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star about 124 light years away. It has a mass of
05:27about 8.6 Earth masses and a radius of about 2.6 Earth radii. And it orbits in the habitable
05:35zone of its host star, which means if you put an Earth-like planet at its location, we would
05:40think of it as habitable.
05:46So the technique we used to determine the atmospheric composition of the planet is known as transit
05:52spectroscopy. What is happening is that you look at the planet as it transits in front
05:57of the host star. So the atmosphere of the planet, some of the starlight goes through the
06:03atmosphere of the planet before reaching the telescope. And the atmosphere, the molecules
06:08in the atmosphere, absorb some of that starlight. So by looking at a differential measurement when
06:14the planet is in front of the star or when it isn't, you can extract how much absorption
06:19is happening in the planet's atmosphere.
06:26So two years ago in 2023, we reported a very tentative inference of DMS on this planet with
06:34a different set of observations with a different instrument in the 1 to 5 micron range. But the
06:39evidence was very tentative. So we looked this time at the planet again in a different wavelength
06:45range. And what we are finding is significantly stronger evidence at a three sigma level for the
06:52presence of either DMS or DMDS or both. Now, DMDS, like DMS, is also a strong and unique biomarker
07:00here on Earth and had also been predicted to be a biomarker on planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres.
07:06And that is what is new, is that there's a possibility of one or both of these molecules to be present in the
07:12atmosphere at a credible level of significance. So while this is great evidence to keep looking,
07:21this is not enough to qualify it as a robust scientific discovery. For that, we need to reach the level of
07:28five sigma. What does that mean? At five sigma, you're talking about the chance of a fluke being about a
07:36part in a million. Now stay with me because there's more to this video. But again, I wanted to interrupt
07:41and just say, I mean, you know, they want to really confirm this. And I get it. Again, it could be,
07:50and I think it is the greatest discovery in the history of mankind. And at this point right now,
07:56it's a 0.3% chance that this is random. And they want to make just absolutely certain. And I actually
08:05agree with that. You see, I've been following this story for well over a year. I've made a couple
08:11videos about it even. And when this now is coming out the way it is, I'm just blown away, to be honest
08:18with you. Because we may be aware of anomalous phenomena on planet Earth, this would be a worldwide
08:25accepted discovery that would push us forward. And if you really think about it, this would actually
08:31help the UAP movement and the UFO topic, because now all of a sudden, it's possible, right?
08:40Not only possible, but completely probable. And that would change the game for the UFO topic
08:47here on planet Earth. Now, back to the video.
08:51So we are pretty confident about our results at the significance that we are finding at this
09:01three sigma significance. And that's partly because we have done enormous number of robustness checks.
09:07We have done it with multiple pipelines. And within the same data reduction pipeline, we have tried
09:12various assumptions on how we can reduce the data. And no matter how we did it, the signal always
09:19persisted. And to us, that's a great measure of our confidence in the detection at this level.
09:26But we should remain open-minded and get more observations so we can repeat the signal. That's
09:30the hallmark of science, the repeatability and increase in robustness till we are really,
09:36really satisfied. We are not there yet.
09:43So the question you may have is, have we found life on another planet? And this answer is simply no,
09:49not yet. Right? So we have to, as I always say, we have to be very careful in two directions.
09:55The detection we have made is at a level where it is very interesting. It's a landmark result, but it
10:03is not good enough to call it robust just yet. This is a big signal we are looking at. This is of very
10:11high importance. We need more observations to get it to that five sigma level where we would be much more
10:16confident, number one. And the second aspect of that is that when we do detect and while we are making
10:22these observations, we also have to remind ourselves that while DMS has been predicted to be a robust
10:28biomarker, there is always a possibility that we may not have accounted for some physics that we don't
10:34know so far or some chemical process that we don't know of. So we want to remain open and do as much
10:40theoretical calculations, as many theoretical calculations and lab-based studies to say if
10:45there is any process which can get DMS in such an atmosphere at the levels that we are seeing.
10:56This is one of the most profound moments for me personally, as well as as an astronomer,
11:04because for the first time in the history of our species, we may actually be seeing signs of life
11:13elsewhere. On the other hand, this could also be a signal of a new chemical process that is not
11:20produced by life. And even that is a monumental breakthrough because however you put it, we are
11:26seeing new chemical processes on a planet that could be habitable. And we have shown this in theoretical
11:32studies that that was possible. So this is, in my view, a transformational moment, not just for planetary
11:40science, not just for astronomy, but for finding our place in the universe as a species.
11:55All right, Vedders, I hope you enjoyed today's video because I definitely enjoyed making this. And like I said,
12:01and I've been saying throughout this video, I do believe we have come to finally a worldwide accepted
12:09conclusion that we're not alone in this universe. Again, we can imagine it and use the probability and
12:15numbers and this, but a confirmation such as this changes the game, not just for humanity, but the phenomena
12:24that exist on this planet that many people encounter on a day-to-day basis and have were hundreds, maybe
12:30thousands of thousands of years. So I'm all for it. Again, let me know what you think in the comments,
12:36Vedders. I'll put links in the description. If you want to find out more information
12:39information, until then, we'll see you in the next video. Remember, every day is a gift, y'all. Peace!
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