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needs to updated. talks about January 2024 in the future. 109.253.174.70 (talk) 02:21, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done: "is"→"was"; do you have any updated citations for what has happened since? Peaceray (talk) 18:40, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here it says "Follow-up observations of K2-18b using MIRI are already scheduled for this year [2024], with science results expected before year's end". Article is from May 2024. Richard Nowell (talk) 13:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On habitability

@Osh33m: Regarding this edit, I am not convinced that https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/observations/no-the-exoplanet-k2-18b-is-not-habitable/ is sufficient to put "Although previously believed to be uninhabitable" as a fact in wiki voice. It does not reflect even a past scientific consensus. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:16, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. I thought it was notable that the planet was first believed to be not in the zone but later confirmed to be in it. I don't feel that strongly about it, so you if want to remove it, then go right ahead. Osh33m (talk) 00:51, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Overly technical section

An IP tagged the habitability section as such. What does need to be done so that it's no longer too technical? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 17:02, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did an edit. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:33, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DMS abiogenic or not

Here's a paper arguing that extremely high dimethyl sulfide fluxes would be needed to explain the detection. This one argues that DMS can be abiogenic, at least in comets. Not sure how or whether to integrate this all. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:33, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]