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

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

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

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

An artist's interpretation of the exoplanet K2-18b. Could the alien world contain a biosphere?. | Credit: A. Smith, N. Madhusudhan (University of Cambridge) The trendiest planet in the universe right ...

Astronomers find possible signs of alien life on massive, distance planet K2-18b. The exoplanet K2-18b is 8 times bigger than planet Earth. The claim about alien life involved data from NASA's ...

In fact, the life that could be – emphasis on the could be – thriving on a distant ocean-covered planet named K2-18b is likely not intelligent at all. But that doesn't make the recent ...

K2-18b resides within the habitable zone of its star, making the presence of liquid water and thus life possible. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected molecules in K2-18b's ...

The discovery of dimethyl sulfide on K2-18b, a planet 120 light-years away, has ignited hopes for extraterrestrial life due to its potential for liquid water. While scientists are excited about ...

Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the researchers detected atmospheric clues hinting that microbial organisms could be living on the surface of K2-18b, visible in the ...

The story so far: On April 17, an international research team published a paper in which it reported that the distant exoplanet K2-18b may be habitable. The claim was met with cautious excitement ...