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

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U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

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The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

Researchers at Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy have found evidence that could support proof of life on K2-18b, ...

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Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Near a planet far, far away astronomers have found traces of chemicals that on Earth are only produced by living beings.

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