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

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

Scientists have detected potential evidence of life on K2-18b, a distant exoplanet. A Cambridge team using NASA’s James Webb ...

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

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond ...

K2-18 b is 8.6 times as massive as Earth and with a diameter of about 2.6 times as large as our planet. It orbits in the ...

Near a planet far, far away astronomers have found traces of chemicals that on Earth are only produced by living beings.

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

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

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

A new discovery could represent the most concrete evidence of alien life to-date, but scientists caution that further studies are needed.