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

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

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

An independent analysis of recent data from K2-18b casts doubt on claims of detecting alien life on the distant exoplanet.

"Either our models are in error, or the DMS/DMDS might not exist," Schwieterman told Space.com. "Finding life outside the ...

Many have claimed to see a UFO or have an encounter with an alien, but what do the scientists have to say? Here's what ...

Does alien life exist on an exoplanet? On TikTok, a University of Oxford astrophysicist cast doubt that extraterrestrial life ...

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

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

The signal from the planet’s atmosphere has reached what scientists call “three-sigma” certainty, meaning there’s about a 0.3% chance the detection happened by accident. For scientists to confidently ...

London: A team of scientists from the University of Cambridge has discovered organic compounds in the atmosphere of exoplanet ...

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 ...