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

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

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

The search for life beyond the solar system is heating up. Though biosignatures around super-Earth K2-18b remain unconfirmed, ...

K2-18b is back in the news thanks to new research that quells a controversial claim made in April. Researchers at the ...

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

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

K2-18b is an exoplanet located about 120 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo. It was discovered in 2015 by NASA’s Kepler mission, which revealed that planets beyond our solar system ...

An illustration shows what K2-18b could look like based on scientific data. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed K2-18b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, revealing conditions ...

K2-18b, scientists say, could be in an excellent location for alien life to emerge—having perfect conditions for surface water, a fundamental ingredient for life, to exist.