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

In a potential breakthrough in the search for alien life, a team of international researchers has identified chemical ...

It’s known for its bright and fast-moving shooting stars resulting from Halley’s comet, the most famous comet of all, which ...

Imagine waking up one morning to a world where compasses point south instead of north, where auroras shimmer across the ...

K2-18b is an exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star called K2-18, chilling 124 light-years away in the Leo constellation. It’s ...

In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...

A faint cosmic spin – one rotation per 500 billion years – could resolve the stubborn Hubble tension by tweaking standard ...

Indian-origin astrophysicist Nikku Madhusudhan is leading what may be a major step forward in the search for alien life, with ...

Scientists have found strong signs of possible life on exoplanet K2-18b, a "Hycean world," suggesting new avenues in the search for alien life.

While cautious about the findings, astronomers detected traces of a chemical that, on Earth, is produced by phytoplankton.

Independent scientists described the findings as interesting, but not nearly enough to show the existence of life on another ...

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