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

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

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

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

Astronomers recently announced a tantalizing discovery: using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected potential ...

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

A study suggesting the exoplanet K2-18b shows potential signs of alien life has been met with skepticism from the scientific ...

Does alien life exist on an exoplanet? On TikTok, a University of Oxford astrophysicist cast doubt that extraterrestrial life may exist on K2-18b.

It would take 120 years to travel to planet K2-18b at the speed of light. Here's how we know what could lie there.

Find out what scientists have discovered about K2-18b and why it’s one of the most promising exoplanets in the search for ...

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 ...