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`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
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Hacker News 100 @hn100@social.lansky.name

4/17/2025, 2:35:08 AM

Public

Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43711376

An artist’s conception of a Hycean exoplanet like K2-18b orbiting a red dwarf star.

Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

www.nytimes.com

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