The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...

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 ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

A new discovery could represent the most concrete evidence of alien life to-date, but scientists caution that further studies are needed.

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

Scientists have found what they are calling the strongest sign yet of possible life beyond our solar system after detecting ...

The rotating model, which does not break any known law of physics, suggests the universe could spin around once every 500 billion years. This would be far too slowly to detect easily, but enough to ...

Professor Nikku Madhusudhan made these observations using data from the James Webb Space Telescope. He found chemical ...

The peer-reviewed report in the Astrophysical Journal Letters presents more questions than answers, acknowledges numerous ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

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

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...