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

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

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

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

Avi Loeb, a Harvard professor of science and theoretical physicist, told NewsNation that while dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl ...

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.

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

Astronomers have made a detection suggesting biosignatures, or signs of biological activity, on an exoplanet located 124 ...

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

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 ...