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

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

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

In the search for extraterrestrial life, water worlds have become the focus of research. Now there is a recommendation on ...

The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...

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 ...

Basant's team, which also includes a researcher from Heidelberg University, found the exoplanets using the 8-meter Gemini ...

WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star - one of our closest ...

The world premiere of a co-production between City of London Sinfonia and theatre company curious directive will blend ...

For the first time, the University of Michigan Department of Astronomy is leading the launch of a satellite into space.