On a faraway planet, the James Webb Space Telescope has picked up signs of molecules that, on Earth, are produced only by ...

What do you think of when it comes to extraterrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings ...

Astronomers have a lot of thoughts about the latest paper claiming we’ve found the strongest hints of alien life yet on the distant planet K2 18b.

Astronomers raised hopes that humanity might not be alone in the universe by announcing on Thursday they have detected the ...

New data from the James Webb could have given us the most likely evidence of life on other planets that we've ever found.

The bones he encountered belonged to a newly named species, Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, which is part of the hyaenodonts’ family ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of large quantities of biosignature chemicals — only known to be made by life on Earth — on an exoplanet more than 100 light-years away. It could be the most ...