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Could faraway planet K2-18b be home to life?

Scientists have found new, but tentative, evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.

Researchers studying planet K2-18b’s atmosphere have detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms.

BBC News science correspondent Pallab Ghosh takes a look at the evidence.



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