Space journalist. ✍️ in Scientific American, Astronomy Magazine, Science, Space.com, Payload Space + more. Signal @SharmilaKuthunur.01 | sharmilak@proton.me https://bsky.app/profile/skuthunur.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/skuthunur.bsky.social/post/3lor4k6io6s2vNew independent analyses are casting serious doubt on the claimed hints of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b. “The simplest explanation is just that it’s kind of a boring planet like Neptune or Uranus,” says @distantworlds.space My first story for @science.org: https://www.science.org/content/article/claim-alien-life-distant-world-meets-swift-scientific-pushback09 May 2025 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:bih4jqqf5ksftprpnsxafrfv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lor4k6io6s2v