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Aliens or Nah? SETI Investigates Planet K-18b (and Other Updates)

2026-06-17 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about K2-18b updates - DMS, aliens or nah? Links: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.09553 https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16236 https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.13407 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad74da/pdf https://www.phys.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-phys-news/2025/04/in-the-search-for-life-on-exoplanets-finding-nothing-is-something-too.html Hycean planets: https://youtu.be/ceXENiS--_8 Previous update: https://youtu.be/IzgZRCQHyt0 #dms #k218b #aliens 0:00 k2-18b exoplanet updates 1:00 What this planet is probably like 2:30 Exciting discovery of DMS 3:30 Counterevidence 5:15 SETI observations 6:50 Challenges 7:55 How this was done (methodology) 8:35 Results - sorry, no aliens 9:25 Important proof of concept and implications 11:05 Conclusions Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@РевуцькийАртемій 2026-06-17

Hello wonderful Anton, This is person

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@TrazynTheInfinite6272 2026-06-17

I want to live long enough to one day hear Anton saying "Hello wonderful alien"

261 16 replies
@opa-age 2026-06-17

"it's not aliens" Anton is back lol

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@gw8562 2026-06-17

I don't think most people realize that our SETI telescopes can't really detect incidental signal leakage at interstellar distances by a civilization using radio communications or sensors like ours. They could only possibly detect a signal if there were some technology deliberately transmitting a focused signal in the direction of our Solar System, or maybe a powerful RADAR pulse that happens to sweep the sky in our direction. So, an added layer of extreme unlikelihood, with a negative result not really ruling much out. If anyone has different information on this point, please let me know.

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@MCsCreations 2026-06-17

Well... I never expected simple life to transmit radio, so...

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@randallpetersen9164 2026-06-17

So it's finally aliens! Oh wait...

42 2 replies
@amnforge 2026-06-18

It's just wild that the visible universe is so large but we have yet to find anything. It's like having more lottery tickets than the winning odds but we still haven't sorted through all the tickets.

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@Curtis-t2k 2026-06-17

What's up science guy I learn so much watching your videos I feel like I'm in a college lecture.

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@wbwarren57 2026-06-18

Anton! Whenever I meet anyone who has any interest in Astronomy, all I have to do is to say the word “Anton“ and they will begin gushing about how great you are, how many papers you read, how wonderful your explanations are, how you will admit, if you don’t understand something, how you never indulge in Clickbait, how you always point out where more research is needed and is coming, how you can cover so many different subjects besides astronomy, etc. Keep up the good work! You are a world treasure!

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@petersaczko6192 2026-06-18

Hello Wonderful Anton. This is Alien.

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