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In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity ...

Last month, scientists had announced that they might have identified what appeared to be the most promising signs of alien ...

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The findings came from a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge who studied data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to find molecules in the atmosphere of a planet known as K2-18b.