An independent analysis of recent data from K2-18b casts doubt on claims of detecting alien life on the distant exoplanet.

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

A study suggesting the exoplanet K2-18b shows potential signs of alien life has been met with skepticism from the scientific ...

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

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The signal from the planet’s atmosphere has reached what scientists call “three-sigma” certainty, meaning there’s about a 0.3% chance the detection happened by accident. For scientists to confidently ...

And last month, scientists said that they discovered the strongest indication yet of life on a planet 120 light-years away.

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

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 ...

The telescope may well have outdone itself by revealing evidence of life on a world about 120 light years from Earth.

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 ...