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

"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and ...

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

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.

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

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

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

Astronomers at the University of Cambridge in the UK said they have found the “most promising signs yet” of life on another ...