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

For the first time, scientists have found strong evidence of a "polar planet"—a planet whose orbit is tilted at 90 degrees ...

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

The exoplanet K2-18b could harbor a massive ocean, but scientists will need to study the planet more to see if it’s really ...

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 ...

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

With the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers say they are working to confirm potential evidence of life on a distant ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

Observations by the James Webb space telescope find possible biological activity on a giant planet 124 light-years from Earth ...

Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed skepticism. There has been ...

THIEVES have struck in York city centre. North Yorkshire Police said a bike was stolen just after midnight on Friday (April 11), in High Ousegate near Social 8 bar. A police spokesman said: "We ...

WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine.