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Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world (theconversation.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's only 124 light years away. Close enough to be in our neighborhood of the galaxy, but far enough away that we'll never know.

It would be wondrous if alien astronomers are just now getting excited by the carbon dioxide detected in our atmosphere from the end of the 19th century.