Are there aliens living on the exoplanet K2-18b? Some astronomers believe they have evidence for molecules on the planet that ...

The UK Space Agency aims to contribute to NASA's space telescope searching for 'alien life beyond our Solar System' ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential biosignatures on the exoplanet K2-18b, raising new excitement about the ...

The new observations were carried out using JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which captured signals in the mid-infrared ...

A team of researchers has recently claimed they have discovered a gas called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the atmosphere of ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

K2-18b recently made headlines after researchers claimed to observe possible “signs of life” in the planet's atmosphere. So, ...

They analyzed the data behind the recent claims of biosignature detection in the atmosphere of K2-18b and found that other ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious,” states a Cambridge University press release.

On Earth, DMS is made by ocean plankton, then quickly broken down in the atmosphere through photochemical and other reactions ...

Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...