Carbon dioxide and methane on a habitable zone exoplanet, the James Webb Space

Telescope unveils the mysteries of K218B, this week on Planetary Radio.

I'm Sarah al-Ahmad of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.

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For that reason, we're revisiting one of our most popular episodes of 2024 this week.

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Today we're going to be diving into one of the most remarkable new exoplanet discoveries

with the help of JWST, the James Webb Space Telescope.

If you're a fan of the Search for

Life or just cool exoplanets in general, you're in for a ride. JWST has detected signs of

methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K218B. It's a discovery that could help

reshape the way we think about the search for life beyond Earth and take our understanding

of sub-Neptunes to the next level. Our special guest, Nicole Colon is the Deputy Project

Scientist for Exoplanet Science at JWST. She's going to give us all the details. Then stick around to

the end for What's Up with Bruce Betz, the chief scientist of the Planetary Society. If you love planetary

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