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

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

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential biosignatures on the exoplanet K2-18b, raising new excitement about the possibility of life beyond Earth. Scientists found traces of carbon-based ...

"If the ultimate result of this story is that the public is more circumspect about future claims of life detection, that's ...

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the ...

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

Astronomers find possible signs of alien life on massive, distance planet K2-18b. The exoplanet K2-18b is 8 times bigger than planet Earth. The claim about alien life involved data from NASA's James ...

A team of researchers has recently claimed they have discovered a gas called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the atmosphere of K2-18b, a planet orbiting a distant star. The University of Cambridge team ...

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