A distant world unlike any planet in our own solar system could potentially be “teeming” with life, according to a groundbreaking new study. “We found the strongest evidence to date of possible biological activity on an exoplanet,” University of Cambridge professor Nikku Madhusudhan said in a video announcement.

Astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, have found chemical fingerprints on the exoplanet K2-18b, found 120 light-years from Earth.