Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...

By comparing those fingerprints to 20 different molecules that they would potentially expect to observe in the atmosphere, ...

The trendiest planet in the universe right now is K2-18b, a potentially habitable world swirling around a small, red star in ...

Recently, a group of scientists claimed they found possible signs of life on a planet called K2-18b. The news made headlines.

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Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the ...

A Harvard professor questions whether research conducted at the University of Cambridge about life on K2-18b is accurate.

The telescope may well have outdone itself by revealing evidence of life on a world about 120 light years from Earth.

In 2023, Nikku Madhusudhan of the University of Cambridge and his colleagues first announced the detection of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) on K2-18b, an exoplanet nearly nine times more massive than ...

A study by the University of Cambridge detects potential signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b. While optimistic about the ...

And last month, scientists said that they discovered the strongest indication yet of life on a planet 120 light-years away.

Astronomers have been poring over last week's claim of the detection of life-associated gases in the atmosphere of a distant ...