Nikku Madhusudhan: The Indian-origin scientist who found possible alien life | BBC News India

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. The lead researcher, Indian-born Prof Nikku Madhusudhan, told the BBC at his lab at Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy that he hopes to obtain the clinching evidence soon.
"This is the strongest evidence yet there is possibly life out there. I can realistically say that we can confirm this signal within one to two years," he said. The lab, which has been studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b, has detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms. But the team and independent astronomers stress that more data is needed to confirm these results.

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