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

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

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 ...

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

The expert team of researchers has claimed the signs of life on a distant planet with the presence of molecules produced by ...

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 ...

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

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

Scientists arranged for JWST to study K2-18 b, which had been discovered orbiting a small, cool star about 124 light-years from Earth in 2015. The exoplanet’s size appears to be between that of ...