Did James Webb's Telescope Actually Detect Artificial Light on Proxima B?

At some point or another, anyone who has even a tiny bit of interest in science and astronomy think to themselves, "Are we alone in this Universe?". The rough reality is that no one can definitively answer this question… we simply don't have any evidence of extra-terrestrial life. But our human mind absolutely refuses to take "no" as an answer! Because we were taught "seek, and you shall find", right?

It is always worth searching for something hidden in plain sight, somewhere in close vicinity. It is apparent that if there is no other life form in the Solar system… then the search needs to start around the nearest next star. Today we will try to answer the question whether the nearest start system contains signs of life (Proxima B), or if it is yet another cold cosmic desert, just like trillions of systems similar to this one?

[jamestaylor]

The title suggested a detection of artificial light but this was never mentioned

[scotthoward]

So the short answer to this clickbait title is no. JWST does have the capability to detect atmospheres on exoplanets, however, it has not been commissioned yet to do any research on Proxima Centauri B. I’m all for entertaining people and even educating them (and I love space science content), but could you please do it without using clickbait titles? This seems to be a recurring theme on YT, especially in regards to JWST and the Proxima Centauri star system, unfortunately, as I have seen the same type of clickbait videos on many other channels.

[dantevortex]

The best quote on all of this is still the same;

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”


As we all know humans are very aggressive and possessive, and will stop at nothing to just take whatever they want.
So why would aliens be any different?
And if these aliens somehow maintained harmony and made sure they do not have that trait, why would they allow humans to come close to them?

If aliens exist in any form or another developed enough to control time and space by the time we can, they would probably just shoot us out of their sky the moment we come close.
We would do exactly the same as well.

Alien ship floats over our skies, it gets shot down. That's what's going to happen.
There's no way humans in the current form and stage will be able to peacefully expand. We haven't even found out how to peacefully live on our own planet yet.

[curiodyssey]

oh man this channel is going to blow up big time. hella cool knowing I got in early before tens of thousands of subscribers find this lil here gem

[cm]

Fascinating to think how close we may be to discovering alien life, a bit scary to think about the possibility we might be the most advanced. I want aliens to visit earth, give us technology to travel between galaxies and actually see this in my lifetime, that’s not too much to ask is it?

[mortkebab]

Topics for future episodes that have not been touched upon much, or at all, by other channels:

* Why space habitats are a better option than Mars, and how big can they be with current and near-term materials.

* Panspermia: Why frozen microbes are worth looking for in the cometary cloud.

* What might be done with space habitats once we have fusion power and therefore are no longer tethered to the inner solar system.

* The use of the Interplanetary Transport Network (look it up) to re-supply habitats with materials such as water and frozen gases.

[koriw]

Just as an FYI. The "view of lights (or stars) flying past one's craft while traveling at high rates of speed in space" is an old trick used by the VFX department of the Star Trek franchise. A view of this kind has been debunked over and over again. You will *not see stars or flashes of light or any other thing traveling past one's ship to denote motion.* The viewers would believe that they were witnessing the ship travel in space if there was motion outside the windows, very much like driving in a car. Any real travel in space would see no such things because of the distance between objects in the galaxy (and by extension, the universe)

Any and all real travel in space, no matter the speed, would see nothing to give the indication of motion. One would see the exact same thing were one standing still. The only reason that the Star Trek effects department added the colorful flecks, was to prevent the viewers from getting bored, and because things happen *on the ship while it is in motion* but the viewers need to believe that they are in motion rather than standing still, despite the fact that it *looks* that way.

[jessiedesigns]

I have given up on all updates on finding life on proxima b. Every headline and title is “Life found on Proxima B!!!” Only to find that the video talk no facts but the possibilities. It’s always misleading it makes me cringe. but this video gives me hope Thank you.

[callumbush]

The Parker Solar Probe is the fastest man-made ship it could reach the Alpha Centauri Star System in approximately 1000 years

[todayforever]

Uko tu sawa! Swahili meaning 'Good stuff 🤝 Loving your content 👍

[timgraham]

Alien life even if it was possible does not necessarily mean that they are more advanced or even primitive.
When you take into account the vast distances that we have to cover advanced or not its the same for any life they would still need to travel whether advanced or not

[alfonsopayra]

ANOTHER VIDEO THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE WITH A TITLE THAT SUGGESTS IT ALREADY HAPPENED

[billypoker]

Helious 2 was launched over 30 years ago, where is it at now?

[famsteer]

You have a very good video here!! Glad I watched this.

[abdallahghannam]

Although you have only 2 videos but i would like to grab your hand tight and congratulate you on this amazing channel keep up the good work hope you have even more successful videos in the near future

[travelpackgamerz]

CAN I ASK SOMETHING WEIRD QUESTION DID ANY LIFEFORM EXIST OTHER GALAXY?

[overbymeistert]

Love this channel! Awesome narrator, love his voice and accent. And I can not for the love of all that is holy praise this channel enough for using video clips RELATED TO THE TOPIC!!!! So sick of all NN clips in videoes on simelar channels. Keep making those awesome videoes, you have a splendid recipe here!

[kenyongray]

The Robinson family in the show Lost in Space were supposed to go to Alpha Centauri. The show said the trip would be a lot shorter than 18, 000 years. Well, that is television for you.

[deannagiuliani]

Man it would be super cool if your titles had even a scrap of relevance to your videos. I love space info and would likely listen to them a lot more if the titles actually coincided with the videos.

[juslewissr]

Considering every single thing that has ever happened on or to this planet, the possibility of advanced intelligent life such as OURSELVES existing here is extremely low. Because of that, I personally find it harder to rule life out anywhere else where the possibilities are low as long as they're not confirmed to be 100% impossible.