"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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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