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Scientists find "strongest evidence yet" of life on distant planet K2-18b: "This could be the tipping point"
U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...
Scientists Detected Potential Signs of Life on a Distant Planet. This Is Not a Drill.
A chemical called dimethyl sulfide popped up in an analysis of exoplanet K2-18b’s atmosphere. On Earth, it’s only made by ...
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Just How Far Away Is K2-18b — The Exoplanet Scientists May Have Just Found Signs of Life On?
Scientists say they may have found signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b, which is located more than 100 light-years away from ...
Scientists say they’ve found signs of life on one exoplanet. There could be more than 10 billion others
The findings suggest that there are many more targets of opportunity for locating potentially habitable worlds across our ...
The “Rosetta Stone” of Alien Worlds: NASA’s Webb Unmasks a Super-Earth With a Scorching Atmosphere
A bold geochemical model reveals that TOI‑270 d, a sub‑Neptune 73 light‑years away, is likely a giant rocky world cloaked in ...
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JWST May Have Found Strongest Evidence of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b
While cautious about the findings, astronomers detected traces of a chemical that, on Earth, is produced by phytoplankton.