Who is Nikku Madhusudhan? Astrophysicists discover new exoplanets and possible evidence of life
A team of researchers led by Indian astrophysicist Dr. Nikku Madhusudhan claimed Thursday that the strongest signs of alien life have been found in our solar system, but on a massive planet known as K2-18b, it is 120 stars in orbit 120 light.
Who is Nikku Madhusudhan? Astrophysicists discover new exoplanets and possible evidence of life
A team of researchers led by Indian-American astrophysicist Dr. Nikku Madhusudhan claimed Thursday that in our solar system, not in our solar system, but on a large planet known as K2-18b, has been found by far the strongest signs of alien life. Repeated analysis of exoplanet atmospheres shows that there is only one known source on Earth, such as organisms of marine algae. “It is absolutely nobody’s interest to claim prematurely that we have discovered life,” said Nikku Madhusudhan, an astronomer at the University of Cambridge and the author of the new study.
Who is Nikku Madhusudhan?
Nikku Madhusudhan is a professor of alien science in the Department of Astrophysics and Department of Indian Astrophysics at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University. He received his PhD in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2009 and also received his MS from the MIT. As an Astro physicist, Madhusudhan works in exoplanets, atmospheres, biomarkers, etc.
What did Nikku Madhusudhan and his team find out?
The best explanation for its group observation is that K2-18B covers a warm ocean and is full of life. “This is a revolutionary moment. This is the first time that humans have seen potential biosignatures on a habitable planet,” Madhusudhan said. The study was published in the Astrophysics Journal letter on Wednesday. Other researchers say this is an exciting, thought-provoking first step to understanding what’s on K2-18B. But they are reluctant to draw big conclusions.
Madhusudhan said in another interview: “Yes, we are discovering that it is a biomarker on Earth (we obviously don’t know the context of this biomarker on exoplanets). The supermarker K2-18b appears to be the water world, and seems to be 2.5 times the Earth’s.
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