The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

The James Webb Space Telescope spotted possible signatures for life in an exoplanet's atmosphere. Still, researchers caution ...

A team of Cambridge researchers studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b discovered chemical signatures of dimethyl ...

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" indicating extraterrestrial life.

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

In an exciting new discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found strong evidence that there ...

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 ...

The image of Luke Skywalker gazing wistfully across the desert of Tatooine while a pair of “suns” set on the horizon is among ...

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered a truly bizarre planet — one that orbits two stars at a perfect ...

Combining with one other previously confirmed planet, one of our closest stellar neighbors now has a family of four.

An unseen planet bigger than Earth is lurking at the far edges of our solar system, according to some astronomers. A powerful new telescope that's about to start up has a really good chance of ...