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

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

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

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

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

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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Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the ...

Astronomers recently announced a tantalizing discovery: using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected potential ...

Dr Ian Whittaker from Nottingham Trent University explains the science behind new study which claims to have spotted ...