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

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 ...

A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they had ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Researchers in Switzerland have repurposed an AI model to uncover where all those elusive, potentially habitable worlds are ...

Dr Nikku Madhusudhan, an Indian-British astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge, has made headlines with a potential ...