"If the ultimate result of this story is that the public is more circumspect about future claims of life detection, that's ...

The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the history of science. The Milky Way ...

University of North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick and CBS released statements after clashing during an interview.

When both traditional astronomy and Christian theology placed the Earth at the centre of the cosmos, few imagined the stars ...

Does alien life exist on an exoplanet? On TikTok, a University of Oxford astrophysicist cast doubt that extraterrestrial life ...

The researchers found strong evidence of a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the planet's atmosphere. On Earth, DMS ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

Whenever there’s even a slight chance that an exoplanet shows signs of biological activity, people understandably get excited ...

"Either our models are in error, or the DMS/DMDS might not exist," Schwieterman told Space.com. "Finding life outside the ...

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

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the claimed molecules may not be there at all ...

Astronomers recently announced a tantalizing discovery: using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected potential ...