The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the history of science. The Milky Way ...

The researchers found strong evidence of a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the planet's atmosphere. On Earth, DMS ...

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the ...

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 ...

The announcement, on Holy Thursday, of the discovery of the strongest evidence to date of activity produced by living beings outside the Solar System caused as much anticipation as controversy. The ...

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A recent study, led by astrophysicist Nikku Madhusudhan at the University of Cambridge, suggests the answer might be no. Based on observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the study points ...

Recent James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest potential alien life on exoplanet K2-18b, detecting dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a biosignature on Earth. Past astrobiology findings, like those ...

These conditions are favourable to life. So does this mean K2-18b’s oceans are crawling with extraterrestrial microbes? Some experts are less certain. Speaking to the New York Times, planetary ...