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

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

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

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

Scientists have found a nearby planet that appears to be teeming with life, and now we may know what it looks like. The ...

A study suggesting the exoplanet K2-18b may contain potential signs of alien life has been met with skepticism from the ...