"It confirms K2-18 b to be our best chance to study a potential habitable environment beyond the solar system at the present time." ...

Signs of life on K2-18 b are revisited as a new NASA-led study finds no conclusive evidence for dimethyl sulfide, tempering ...

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Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system," according to a University of Cambridge study.

A large sub-Neptune-sized planet revolving around a red dwarf star 124 light years away has been the topic of debate among ...

Other researchers also analysed the same data using different statistical models and didn't find evidence for the presence of ...

Earlier this year, astronomers reported possible evidence of life on another planet – but new observations from JWST suggest ...

Claims that extraterrestrial life may exist on the exoplanet K2-18b face new challenges from James Webb Space Telescope data.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made a groundbreaking discovery: potential signs of life on K2-18b, an exoplanet orbiting a distant red dwarf. This detection of possible biosignatures marks a ...

New observations fail to confirm signs of life in the atmosphere of the distant planet K2-18b. They also raise questions ...

Textbooks say that mitochondria exist to supply cells with energy, but experiments in fruit flies suggest they are also ...

A planet more than 100 light years away from Earth could be "teeming with alien life" after the "strongest ever signs of ...