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Thanks for all your work.

Creator wrote below "Yes, it would count, and I'm thinking more of a scientific consensus, like "according to the date we gathered there is no doubt there is life there" "

By last 80% of that I think the answer is a clear no but first part and 'and' rather than 'but' is a bit more ambiguous.

If possibly accepting weaker evidence then searches I have done tend to throw up a dimethyl sulphide (DMS) detection in 2023 eg

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66786611
It may have detected a molecule called dimethyl sulphide (DMS). On Earth, at least, this is only produced by life.

The researchers stress that the detection on the planet 120 light years away is "not robust" and more data is needed to confirm its presence.
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-life-earth-exoplanet-study
"The DMS signal from the JWST was not very strong and only showed up in certain ways when analyzing the data," Tsai said. "We wanted to know if we could be sure of what seemed like a hint about DMS."

What this second team found with computer models accounting for hydrogen-based atmospheres and for the physics and chemistry of DMS was the original data was unlikely to point to the detection of DMS. "The signal strongly overlaps with methane, and we think that picking out DMS from methane is beyond this instrument's capability," Tsai said. 

or Phosphine on Venus discovered in 2020 though again this seems far from clear
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/no-signs-yet-of-life-on-venus

Nothing standing out as a positive announcement in 2024. No doubt more searches could be done and might even find something but it does not seem there is major attention grabbing news so anything from further searches is almost certainly going to be some misunderstanding or crackpot theory.

@mods Is this enough to resolve?

@ThomasTournoys why does this close today?

What kind of life signs would qualify? Is somewhat suspicious atmosphere composition enough? Does extraterrestrial life need to hold up and become the scientific consensus or is one publication enough?

@ProjectVictory As an example - would something like ALMA Detection of phosphine in 2020 on Venus count?

@ProjectVictory Yes, it would count, and I'm thinking more of a scientific consensus, like "according to the date we gathered there is no doubt there is life there"