Come on! 63 million miles from earth and they can tell there is methane there. Nonsense! At 63 million miles away, I would not trust a spectrometer to tell me anything unless I had an agenda. I believe these people do. At 63 million miles away, you can’t even see the planet. How could you tell if it had methane upon it? Be reasonable people. Let’s get real. 63 millions miles away?
63 million LIGHT YEARS, Max. 63 million LIGHT YEARS.
Since there are 6 trillion miles in a light year, that would be about 375 million trillion miles.
I suspect there is an error. 63 million light years would put it far far outside our own galaxy. I think they meant 63 or 630 light years.
You can do it yourself at home. I can train you how to do it too. :)
Think Grant money, not logic.
They always have an agenda. Namely... secure funding for next year.