Scientists have reported new observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that strengthen the case that the ...

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 ...

Madhusudhan et al. just reported ~3 sigma detection of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) in the atmosphere ...

The finding isn't yet certain, and it only indirectly supports the notion that the planet harbours life, but it is the ...

K2-18 b, located 124 light-years away in the constellation Leo, is roughly 8.6 times as massive as Earth and orbits within ...

"Any claim of life on another planet requires a lot of justification, and I don't think we're there yet, Måns Holmberg, a ...

There is no definite answer about where this gas originates from in K2-18 b. Professor Catherine Heymans from the Edinburgh University stated her doubts about the relevance of the claim of alien ...

The discovery involves a distant planet known as K2-18 b, which the team says has one or more molecules in its atmosphere that might have been generated by living things. The announcement has been ...