New molecules discovered on a faraway exoplanet have given scientists the “strongest evidence yet" that life may exist beyond ...

Researchers found LUCA, our earliest common ancestor, lived 4.2 billion years ago. It had a complex biology, affecting its ...

Near a planet far, far away astronomers have found traces of chemicals that on Earth are only produced by living beings.

Astronomers have made a detection suggesting biosignatures, or signs of biological activity, on an exoplanet located 124 ...

New JWST data strengthens earlier hints that K2-18b, a possible water world 120 light-years away, could host the chemical byproducts of life.

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Scientists have detected a molecule in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, 120 light-years away, strongly linked to life on ...

A report about exoplanet K2-18b published on April 17 states that astronomers are one step closer to answering whether humans ...

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

Cambridge University astronomers spotted two molecules in the planet's atmosphere that give them cause for their theory.

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...