Most astronomers agree that life is likely common throughout the universe. While Earth is the only world known to have life, ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Given everything we know about this planet, a Hycean world with an ocean that is teeming with life is the scenario that best ...

If one of these missions were to discover life on an exoplanet, i.e., a planet outside of our solar system, this would be a sensational finding with implications far beyond science and would ...

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the ...

Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the ...

Astronomers find possible signs of alien life on massive, distance planet K2-18b. The exoplanet K2-18b is 8 times bigger than planet Earth. The claim about alien life involved data from NASA's James ...

While researchers are still debating the exact timeline, one thing is becoming clear. Life didn’t take long to get started.

Jake Taylor of the University of Oxford in the U.K., who studies atmospheres of exoplanets ... DMS is almost exclusively produced by life forms like marine algae, making it a possible ...