For decades, scientists have searched the universe for signs of life beyond Earth. While distant exoplanets often grab the headlines, one of the most promising places may be much closer than we think.

The world of science is full of mysteries and the astronomers explore these mysteries daily. In the most recent update, astronomers recently carried out one of the most detailed radio searches ever on exoplanet K2-18b,

When astronomers observe distant exoplanets, they sometimes encounter a frustrating result: instead of revealing the chemical fingerprints of an atmosphere, the data appear almost completely flat. Those flat spectra can make it difficult to determine whether clouds or haze are obscuring the atmosphere being observed.

Alas, it’s not a study-abroad course – yet – but exoplanets may provide insight into how life formed on Earth.

We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines a very different kind of solar system that could harbor life-forms we haven’t yet thought of. If life exists elsewhere in the ...