A team of astronomers recently made the bold claim that they had found "the strongest evidence yet" that life exists anywhere else besides Earth – setting off a media frenzy. By studying data from ...

A growing number of studies have cast doubt on earlier claims about signs of life on K2-18b, a planet 124 light-years away in the Leo constellation, concluding that the available data doesn’t support ...

What can sub-Neptune exoplanets teach astronomers about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes | Space ...

An exoplanet orbiting a dwarf star 124 light-years from Earth made headlines around the world in April 2025. Researchers at the University of Cambridge reported that planet K2-18b could be a marine ...

Back in April, the world became captivated by the news that maybe, just maybe, we weren't alone in the universe after all. If extraterrestrials were to exist on a distant exoplanet as a team of ...

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 comets ...

The exoplanet K2-18b has once again captured the attention of scientists and space enthusiasts alike, but this time for all the wrong reasons. Following an exciting claim earlier this year suggesting ...

Today we’re ditching the drama on Earth and talking about K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away. K2-18b recently made headlines after researchers claimed to observe possible “signs of life” in the ...

Earlier this month, I learned that potential signs of life were discovered on an exoplanet called K2-18b, which is 120 light-years away from Earth. This is a discovery that could reshape our ...