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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Apparent signs of alien life on the exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise, according to a new analysis of data from the James Webb Space Telescope. On 17 April, Nikku Madhusudhan at the ...

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

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 ...