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 ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough coronagraph that could finally allow us to see Earth-like exoplanets hidden in the ...

Researchers have developed a new coronagraph—an optical device that blocks out light from a bright source—that could make it ...

While the discovery made by JWST is undeniably a “revolutionary moment” for us, it is not an Archimedes-type “eureka” moment.

Dr. Nikku Madhusudhan's team has detected dimethyl sulfide (DMS) on exoplanet K2-18b, a potential biosignature produced by ...

The team lead by Professor Nikku Madhusudhan of University of Cambridge discovered chemical footprints of molecules ...

NASA has discovered molecules known to come exclusively from life in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b, suggesting the ...

A team of astronomers have detected what they call the most promising signs to date of a possible biosignature, or signs of ...

Researchers have developed an AI model that identifies star system that could be harborbing an Earth-like exoplanet.

Scientists believe that some planets warmer than ours could see evolution happen at triple the speed of Earth, heightening ...

K2-18b is about 2.6 times larger and 8.6 times more massive than Earth. Its temperature is very similar to Earth’s, but the ...