Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery of a planet in our galaxy with the 'best ever signs of life' is a significant milestone in our attempts to learn ...

Researchers using the Webb telescope found traces of two gases, dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), in the atmosphere of K2-18b, a planet 124 light-years away. A new study led by ...

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Last week, the mainstream news was filled with headlines about K2-18b — an exoplanet some 124 light-years away from Earth that 98% of the population had never even heard about. Even astronomers ...

New JWST data strengthens earlier hints that K2-18b, a possible water world 120 light-years away, could host the chemical byproducts of life. Reading time 3 minutes Look alive: The James Webb Space ...

Space agency said potential finding of dimethyl sulfide on K2-18 b, produced only by life on Earth, is yet to be confirmed Scientists at Nasa have announced the existence of a possible rare water ...

Dimethyl sulfide, also known as DMS, sounds like it could be a chemical compound you’d try to avoid on an ingredient label or the poisonous ingredient in a murder mystery. But some scientists view ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's concept shows what K2-18b might look like. Thought to be covered entirely in liquid water with a hydrogen-rich ...

A team of astronomers have detected what they call the most promising signs to date of a possible biosignature, or signs of past or present life linked to biological activity, on an exoplanet named K2 ...