Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

Near a planet far, far away astronomers have found traces of chemicals that on Earth are only produced by living beings.

The potential discovery of life elsewhere is down to the unprecedented sensitivity of Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope.

In a stunning new finding, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet of life existing beyond our solar system. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers from the University of ...

"We've always known that we need something to complete the puzzle, but we haven't really known what shape or form those ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

The groundbreaking research is being described as the "strongest evidence yet" of life in outer space. The study was ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar planets' orbiting a ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

The idea that the seeds of life may have originated on another planet is far from new, but is there any value to it?