Meet Indian-origin scientist Dr Nikku Madhusudhan, who is leading the search for life on distant exoplanetsA team led by Indian-origin astrophysicist Dr Nikku Madhusudhan has detected potential signs of life on K2-18b, a distant exoplanet 120 lig...
18 Apr, 2025, 12.19 AM IST
Why this top physicist thinks contacting alien life discovered 120 light-years away could doom Earth: 'It would be a really bad idea’A potentially life-filled planet, K2-18b, has sparked scientific excitement with atmospheric chemicals hinting at alien microbes. But physi...
17 Apr, 2025, 11.39 PM IST
Scientists Detect Potential Signs of Life on a Distant Planet — Breakthrough Discovery Could Change EverythingResearchers examining exoplanet K2-18b have discovered the most compelling evidence yet of possible life, with the detection of gases assoc...
17 Apr, 2025, 09.14 PM IST
Is this the first proof of life beyond Earth? Scientists call it "strongest evidence yet" as they spot bio-signatures on alien planet 'K2-18 b'Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected potential biosignatures in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18 b. The discovery...
17 Apr, 2025, 07.45 PM IST
Researchers find 'strongest evidence' of life outside Solar System, say more data neededResearchers have detected hints of molecules, specifically dimethyl sulphide and dimethyl disulphide, on the exoplanet K2-18 b, potentially...
17 Apr, 2025, 05.14 PM IST
NASA’s James Webb telescope spots possible alien life on distant ocean world. Are we no longer alone in the universe?In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected potential biosignatures—DMS and DMDS—in the at...
17 Apr, 2025, 04.45 PM IST
Meet Dr. Nikku Madhusudhan, the Indian-origin scientist who found potential life beyond EarthIndian-British Professor Nikku Madhusudhan, a leading exoplanetary scientist at Cambridge, has made groundbreaking discoveries using the Ja...
17 Apr, 2025, 01.01 PM IST
Aliens found? Scientists discover distant planet capable of sustaining lifeAstronomers have detected unusual molecules, dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b us...
17 Apr, 2025, 11.59 AM IST
Is life really possible on another planet? James Webb Space Telescope may have the answerThe James Webb Space Telescope is gearing up for a crucial observation mission on exoplanet K2-18b, 124 light-years away, to investigate po...
28 Apr, 2024, 08.35 PM IST
NASA finds 'Waterworld with a boiling ocean' on exoplanet. Know if life too has been found thereAn 'hycean' or a world of water under a hydrogen-rich atmosphere has been found on a sub-Neptune distant exoplanet. It contains an ocean of...
08 Mar, 2024, 09.52 PM IST
NASA's James Webb Telescope discovers potentialy habitable world over 8 times bigger than EarthUsing NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an Earth-like exoplanet located millions of light years away that coul...
14 Sep, 2023, 05.10 PM IST
This exoplanet, twice the size of the Earth, may have right conditions for lifeIt has been suggested that K2-18b would be more like a smaller version of Neptune.
28 Feb, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
- 'Hot Jupiter' with deadly stratosphere stuns scientists
Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) A NASA-led team of scientists has determined that WASP-18b, a "hot Jupiter" located 325 light-years from Earth, h...
30 Nov, 2017, 11.47 AM IST
- Titanium oxide detected in exoplanet atmosphere
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) In a first, astronomers including one of Indian-origin have detected small amounts of titanium oxide in the atmos...
14 Sep, 2017, 01.32 PM IST
New map of rocky 'Super Earth' unveils lava worldThe latest findings tell us the planet has hot nights and significantly hotter days. This indicates the planet inefficiently transports hea...
31 Mar, 2016, 01.36 PM IST
NASA's Hubble finds 'sunscreen' layer on distant exoplanetScientists have detected a stratosphere, one of the primary layers of Earth's atmosphere, on the exoplanet known as WASP-33b.
12 Jun, 2015, 03.44 PM IST