(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, ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

Nikku Madhusudhan coined the concept of hycean planets, supposedly the best class of planets to look for life.

A team led by Dr Nikku Madhusudhan, a Cambridge University astrophysicist of Indian origin, has identified intriguing ...

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 ...

New research finds that despite large rivers and seas of liquid methane, Saturn’s moon Titan seems mostly devoid of river deltas, raising new questions about the surface dynamics on this alien world.

A bold geochemical model reveals that TOI‑270 d, a sub‑Neptune 73 light‑years away, is likely a giant rocky world cloaked in ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

I used to begin a Sport Sociology class with the thought of aliens flying over Earth and seeing the numerous stadiums on ...

Planet K2-18b is very unlikely to be a one-off in the vast universe - meaning many others that are similar likely exist too.

Dimethyl sulfide is in the news after NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected relatively high levels of it in the ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope detected an intriguing compound in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18 b, but scientists ...