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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman

EXPLAINED: Scientists find strongest ever evidence of life on distant planet | Rare Historical Photos

Earth K218b Nikku Madhusudhan University of Cambridge
A handout artist's impression released by N. Madhusudhan/University of Cambridge shows an envisioned exoplanet K2-18b super-Earth, where astronomers say they have found ‘hints’ that could indicate a planet ‘teeming with life’ outside our solar system - (University of Cambridge)

Scientists have detected an encouraging potential sign of life on a planet in a different solar system in what they believe is the “strongest indicator” that life exists beyond Earth.

Researchers analyzing the planet K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years from Earth, have found a molecule that on Earth is associated with living organisms in the planet’s atmosphere.

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