Hycean refers to a unique class of exoplanets—a planet located outside our solar system, that has characteristics that makes it a plausible candidate for habitability and the search for life. The name “Hycean” is derived from a combination of Hydrogen and Ocean.
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge has used data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to discover methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K2-18 b, an exoplanet in the ‘Goldilocks zone’.
Ancient Egyptians and Greek philosophers were among the first to recognize the possibility of life beyond Earth, attributing extra-terrestrial phenomena to the actions of gods and mythical creatures . But, as science and technology developed, the likelihood of finding life grows