Scientists say they may have found signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b, which is located more than 100 light-years away from ...

Professor Nikku Madhusudhan of Cambridge University was the lead researcher on the 'best ever signs of life' study ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they had found evidence for an unexpected atmospheric gas. On Earth, ...

While many believe that the Hycean world is a positive discovery for humanity, some think that it could spell trouble, with ...

New JWST data strengthens earlier hints that K2-18b, a possible water world 120 light-years away, could host the chemical byproducts of life.

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Astronomers have discovered a major sign of life — and “the first hints… of an alien world” on a distant planet orbiting ...

In the quest to find approximately Earth-sized planets located in the "Goldilocks zone" i.e. neither too hot nor too cold) ...

Astronomers have detected molecules on exoplanet K2-18b that may have been produced by simple organisms, claiming it's the ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Find out what scientists have discovered about K2-18b and why it’s one of the most promising exoplanets in the search for ...

📅 Today in History: In 2014, the first discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting the habitable zone of another star was confirmed by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The exoplanet, designated as ...