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

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 ...

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

Jake Taylor of the University of Oxford in the U.K., who studies atmospheres of exoplanets, used a basic statistical test to ...

An artist's interpretation of the exoplanet K2-18b. Could the alien world contain a biosphere?. | Credit: A. Smith, N.

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" indicating extraterrestrial life.

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

K2-18b, a planet nine times the size of Earth, is 124 light years away University of Cambridge researchers molecule produced by life on Earth Avi Loeb: Molecule found on the planet is also on ...

In 2023, Nikku Madhusudhan of the University of Cambridge and his colleagues first announced the detection of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) on K2-18b, an exoplanet nearly nine times more massive than ...

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 ...

While an unknown chemical process may be the source of these molecules in K2-18b's atmosphere, the results are the strongest evidence yet that life may exist on a planet outside our solar system.