Nasa says distant exoplanet could have rare water ocean and possible hint of life

Space agency said potential finding of dimethyl sulfide on K2-18 b, produced only by life on Earth, is yet to be confirmed

Scientists at Nasa have announced the existence of a possible rare water ocean on a giant exoplanet scores of light years away and also a chemical hint of a sign of potential life.

The intriguing" discovery was made by the space agency's James Webb telescope, peering 120 light years from Earth in the constellation Leo, building on earlier studies of the region using Webb's predecessors, Hubble and Kepler.