Recently, a group of scientists claimed they found possible signs of life on a planet called K2-18b. The news made headlines.

On Earth, DMS is made by ocean plankton, then quickly broken down in the atmosphere through photochemical and other reactions ...

By comparing those fingerprints to 20 different molecules that they would potentially expect to observe in the atmosphere, ...

Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...

Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...

Scientists have spotted interesting chemical signs on K2-18b. These signs are linked to life on Earth. The James Webb Space ...

The signal from the planet’s atmosphere has reached what scientists call “three-sigma” certainty, meaning there’s about a 0.3% chance the detection happened by accident. For scientists to confidently ...

And last month, scientists said that they discovered the strongest indication yet of life on a planet 120 light-years away.

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The agency maintains the global backbone of measurements of CO2 and other gases, but these are at risk of being curtailed if ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found water vapor swirling in the air of a distant, boiling-hot alien planet, a new ...

A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique ...