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

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Scientists detect potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, marking what researchers call the "strongest evidence" yet of life.

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

A team of scientists have discovered a molecule on a far-away planet that may indicate that it holds some form of life. The ...

While the Webb Telescope watched exoplanet K2‑18b glide across its parent star, sulfur‑bearing gases appeared in the planet’s ...

A chemical detected on a planet 124 light-years from Earth is produced by decaying phytoplankton and other microbes. There is no other known source.

A QUT-led study analyzing data from NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered compelling evidence of multiple mineral-forming ...

Fred Ciesla, a planetary scientist at the University of Chicago, and Scott Sanford, a NASA astrophysicist, say our solar system was on the fast track to create life before Earth existed.