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

Observations by the James Webb space telescope find possible biological activity on a giant planet 124 light-years from Earth ...

"Either our models are in error, or the DMS/DMDS might not exist," Schwieterman told Space.com. "Finding life outside the solar system won't be a 'one and done' detection — along the way, we should ...

The researchers found strong evidence of a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the planet’s atmosphere. On Earth, DMS ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA and its European and Canadian counterparts, a team of ...

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

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

Not all of the previous claims for evidence of extraterrestrial life involve the red planet. In 2020, Earth-based observations of Venus's atmosphere implied the presence of low levels of phosphine ...

The claim about alien life involved data from NASA's James Webb Space ... could be a Hycean world covered by ocean water underneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere. The latest findings on K2-18b came from ...

A strong possibility exists that extraterrestrial life can be found ... planet — due to its potential to possess a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and surface covered in ocean water.

The claim about alien life involved data from NASA's James ... could be a Hycean world covered by ocean water underneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere. The latest findings on K2-18b came from ...