In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

In April, scientists captured global attention by announcing they'd found a molecule in a faraway planet's atmosphere that ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential biosignatures on the exoplanet K2-18b, raising new excitement about the possibility of life beyond Earth. Scientists found traces of carbon-based ...

Earlier this week, astronomers announced that earliest galaxy ever seen – the Mirage or Miracle-z14, or Mom-z14 for short.

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

Carolyn Freissinet, who studies Martian samples collected by the Curiosity rover, said recent claims of alien life simply don ...

The UK Space Agency aims to contribute to NASA's space telescope searching for 'alien life beyond our Solar System' ...

The new observations were carried out using JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which captured signals in the mid-infrared ...

NASA's JWST detected signals of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and potentially dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) – molecules that are only produced by microbial life on Earth – on exoplanet K2-18b.

First discovered in 2015 by the Kepler Space Telescope, K2-18b quickly drew attention. It is roughly 2.6 times Earth’s diameter, making it unlike anything in our solar system—a so-called “hycean” ...