I just got up and turned on my computer to be greeted with this, surely the most exciting scientific news I’ve seen in a while. Scientists operating the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the most promising hints of extraterrestrial life yet in the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b. Of course, the BBC article contains lots of caveats, and we’re still a long way from detecting any form of advanced, intelligent life yet; but nonetheless this is enough to have me intrigued. This is the first real hint that life may in fact be abundant in our galaxy. If that is true, then we might indeed be on the verge of a final, awesome frontier, exploring millions of worlds teeming with life. I find that incredibly exciting, and can’t wait to see what we discover next.