The James Webb has been looking hard at K2-18b.
And what it’s seeing may suggest where other life may be.
A hundred twenty light years distant, ‘round a red dwarf sun,
A planet in the Goldilocks zone looks like a special one.

Dimethylsulfide was detected in its atmosphere.
And those who search for life elsewhere cannot suppress a cheer.
For here on Earth, that compound comes from algae, living cells.
An ocean full of life: is that the tale that the James Webb tells?

Chorus:
Have we found signs of life elsewhere?
Should we all sing, “Hallelu?”
Have we found signs of life elsewhere,
Though there are more tests to do?
There’s no radio broadcasting,
So, we’ve not seen life like us.
But dimethyl sulfide wafting
Is producing quite a fuss.

Our SETI project searches for emitted radio,
Which means intelligence and creatures we might like to know.
Dimethyl sulfide in the air might just mean simple life
That has not yet evolved clear up to Adam and Eve, his wife.

We can’t give them a phone call for they’re just too far away.
A hundred twenty light years: that’s close in the Milky Way.
And even if they could reply, the time to turn around:
Ten generations of our kids, before they would hear a sound.

Chorus:
Have we found signs of life elsewhere?
Is this worth a, “Whoop dee doo?”
Have we found signs of life elsewhere?
Have we seen some residue?
No radio waves have been seen,
But the gases we do see:
Dimethyl sulfide just might mean
Life elsewhere’s no fantasy.

Life elsewhere’s no fantasy.