The search for life on other worlds needs a way to sift through the chemistry of their atmospheres. If another species ...

Astronomers have detected silicon monoxide gas in the atmosphere of a planet 850 lightyears from Earth, the first time the ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, ...

"Until we can separate these signals more clearly, we have to be especially careful not to misinterpret them as signs of life ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

Researchers were surprised to find giant gas planets orbiting quite near to their stars. Yet novelists had already imagined ...

For now, complex life flourishes on our planet thanks to its supply of oxygen. But Earth's atmosphere wasn't always like it ...

As NASA rolls out more powerful telescopes in the future, scientists will need a way to determine where to point them. A new ...

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting ...

Tracking exoplanets via orbital mechanics isn't easy. Plenty of variables could affect how a planet moves around its star, and determining which ones affect any given exoplanet requires a lot of data ...

Scientists eye LHS 1140 b as a top candidate for habitability, with signs of a warm ocean and a possible atmosphere just 41 ...