UK Astronaut Tim Peake says the JWST may have already found biological life on another planet and it's only a matter of time until the results are released.
The planet in question here is K2-18 - a Hycean world. (global ocean) The most intriguing thing found in the atmosphere is Dimethyl Sulfide - an organic compound, which here on Earth, is primarily produced by bacteria or phytoplankton
The reason why we may hear the news soon, is because scientists have 1 year (from the time they gathered their data through JWST) before their data becomes public. Meaning, any findings in their data is theirs for a year to study and publish. After that, the data becomes available publicly for free. JWST was launched December 2021, the first data was released in July 2022. So yes, if JWST detected life molecules we will hear about it soon!
