The report of possible biosignatures on the exoplanet K2-18b is exciting, but we are a long way from establishing beyond ...

Astronomers have detected possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet. But they caution much more work is needed to confirm their findings.

New JWST data strengthens earlier hints that K2-18b, a possible water world 120 light-years away, could host the chemical ...

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

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

Only 43 (to date) have been observed directly (about 0.5% of them). Most are discovered through indirect means, such as ...

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

In a stunning new finding, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet of life existing beyond our solar system. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers from the University of ...

Scientists find ‘strongest evidence yet’ of alien life on distant planet - The tantalizing hints of a far planet ‘teeming’ ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of large quantities of biosignature chemicals — only known to be made by life on Earth — on an exoplanet more than 100 light-years away. It could be the most ...