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

"If the ultimate result of this story is that the public is more circumspect about future claims of life detection, that's ...

Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the ...

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

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

The telescope may well have outdone itself by revealing evidence of life on a world about 120 light years from Earth.

A study by the University of Cambridge detects potential signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b. While optimistic about the ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are working to confirm potential evidence of life on a distant exoplanet ...

An artist's interpretation of the exoplanet K2-18b. Could the alien world contain a biosphere?. | Credit: A. Smith, N.

Researchers using data from the James Webb Space Telescope recently announced they had detected biosignature gases on planet ...

Scientists have found strong signs of possible life on exoplanet K2-18b, a potential "Hycean world," suggesting new avenues in the search for alien life. Public perceptions of alien life ...