The initial report was based on observations from the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA and its European and Canadian counterparts. But the results created a lot of hubbub ...

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 ...

A team at Cambridge University have discovered potential signs of life on a planet which sits over 100 light-years away from ...

Observations by the James Webb space telescope find possible biological activity on a giant planet 124 light-years from Earth ...

Astronomers have detected potential biosignature gases in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b using the James Webb Space ...

The exoplanet K2-18b could harbor a massive ocean, but scientists will need to study the planet more to see if it’s really ...

Dr. Nikku Madhusudhan's team has detected dimethyl sulfide (DMS) on exoplanet K2-18b, a potential biosignature produced by living organisms like marin ...

A team of astronomers have detected what they call the most promising signs to date of a possible biosignature, or signs of ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

The presence of the DMS molecule was detected with a statistical confidence of three sigma, corresponding to approximately a ...

Scientists have spotted a molecule linked to life in the atmosphere of K2-18b using the James Webb Telescope. Here is a look ...