Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

A new study suggests that life may emerge rapidly on Earth-like planets once conditions become favorable. By analyzing Earth’s early history and applying Bayesian probability models, researchers ...

Observations by the James Webb space telescope find possible biological activity on a giant planet 124 light-years from Earth ...

While life may be questionable, scientists are getting closer ... Over the course of 23 years, the astronomers figured out that Planet Nine would have travelled between 42 and 69.6 arcminutes. They ...

"Any claim of life on another planet requires a lot of justification, and I don't think we're there yet, Måns Holmberg, a researcher at the Space Telescope Science Institute who was part of the group ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on another world, a moment that has inched a little closer today with the news ...

These conditions classify the exoplanet as being in what astronomers refer to as the habitable zone – where planets have the right conditions for water, providing a key ingredient for life to ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has revealed new clues about Mars' volcanic past. While most people searching for signs of alien life these days might have their eyes on the exoplanet K2-18b, one team of ...

These conditions classify the exoplanet as being in what astronomers refer to as the habitable zone — where planets have the right conditions for water, providing a key ingredient for life to ...