The image of Luke Skywalker gazing wistfully across the desert of Tatooine while a pair of “suns” set on the horizon is among of the most famous scenes in pop culture. When Star Wars debuted in 1977, ...

At the end of 2024, Lisa Kaltenegger, an astronomer and director of the Carl Sagan Institute, stated that 2025 could bring a ...

Astronomers have detected molecules on exoplanet K2-18b that may have been produced by simple organisms, claiming it's the strongest evidence yet of life off Earth.

Here we look at some of the most habitable exoplanets ever discovered ranked through their similarity to Earth. The result is a list of 16 exoplanets that could one say serve as an Earth 2.0 ...

Even in the best of circumstances, however, talk of a biosignature is an invitation to scientists to think of alternative ...

The exoplanet K2-18b, located about 120 light-years ... its potential to sustain liquid water places it high on the list of habitable world candidates. Perhaps the most tantalizing element of ...

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

What’s happening there that’s impacting research? ANIL OZA: That’s right. So they made news because the Trump administration sent a list of demands to Harvard last Friday in response to this ...

Astronomers have discovered one of the least habitable planets ever. This tiny world is being melted by its host star, leaving a comet-like tail that stretches millions of kilometers behind it.

Using the 104-cm Sampurnanand optical telescope, Indian astronomers have performed photometric observations of an open ...

When distant exoplanets pass in front of their host star ... According to one view, life is defined by its organisation, not the list of chemicals making it up: living things embody a kind of ...