Professor Nikku Madhusudhan of Cambridge University was the lead researcher on the 'best ever signs of life' study ...

A molecule has been discovered called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the planet's atmosphere, and it is believed to be the ...

In the quest to find approximately Earth-sized planets located in the "Goldilocks zone" i.e. neither too hot nor too cold) ...

While many believe that the Hycean world is a positive discovery for humanity, some think that it could spell trouble, with ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Astronomers have detected molecules on exoplanet K2-18b that may have been produced by simple organisms, claiming it's the ...

A distant planet’s atmosphere shows signs of molecules that on Earth are associated only with biological activity, a possible ...

📅 Today in History: In 2014, the first discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting the habitable zone of another star was confirmed by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The exoplanet, designated as ...

Scientists say they may have found signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b, which is located more than 100 light-years away from ...

124 light-years away is ​K2-18b, a distant world orbiting a red dwarf star in the constellation Leo. It was discovered in 2015 by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope and it's approximately 2.6 times the ...

The exoplanet K2-18b could harbor a massive ocean, but scientists will need to study the planet more to see if it’s really ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has managed to detect the “best evidence of life” on an exoplanet with 99.7% accuracy, ...