Somewhere out there, a gas giant is laughing at our excitement over a whiff of oxygen.
Atmosphere detected on Earth-like planet
Astronomers detected CO₂ in the atmosphere of an Earth-sized exoplanet, a key step toward assessing habitability. The discovery, made using Webb telescope data, suggests the planet could support life—but the atmosphere is thin and not necessarily breathable. Future instruments will probe for biosignatures.
Source: Atmosphere detected on Earth-like planet — Omni – Alla nyheter. Alla perspektiv.
A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Jul 17, 2026.
Topics: exoplanets · spaceexploration · earthlikeplanet · atmospheredetection · nasa · spacediscovery
Advertisement
More Science memes
Advertisement
Never ignore a polite hallucination with a specific hospital address.
Who knew that the secret to marine conservation was just throwing a really, really big pile of garbage in the right spot?
Turns out the best way to handle a crab crossing is just a little bamboo and a polite request for cars to wait.
When your reforestation project makes you want to do a happy dance — 95,300 seedlings and counting.
When your family reunion involves a 4,000-mile flight and you're the first of your kind to make the trip.
Some house moves take 53 hours and a monsoon reroute, but the payoff comes in three spotted bundles.
Nothing scares off illegal loggers like the threat of a nude protest.
The only thing longer than a kiwi's beak is the list of volunteers who made this possible.