A chemical found in the atmosphere around an exoplanet that leads researchers to believe the planet may harbor life is called ...

The study builds on previous research investigating different biosignature gases, including dimethyl sulfide, another ...

Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.

Astronomers have been looking for exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star, the nearest solitary star to Earth at just 5.96 ...

Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like Earth and gases rarely considered in the search for extraterrestrials. In a ...

A team of scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad has discovered a giant planet bigger than Earth but smaller than Saturn ...

Whether aliens could detect our modern civilization depends on what signs they’re looking for—and, crucially, their distance ...

Scientists using JWST have uncovered striking cloud formations and extreme heat contrasts on LTT 9779 b, a rare ultra-hot ...

Israeli astronomers report the detection of a new Jupiter-like exoplanet using the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS). The newfound alien world orbits a nearby M-dwarf star ...