Astronomers detected potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, but findings remain inconclusive. Claims of alien life ...

The strongest evidence yet that life may exist on a planet outside our solar system has been found by a team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge.

A room-temperature infrared sensor sensitive enough for night-vision goggles yet light enough to mount on ordinary spectacles ...

Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope provide more evidence for what some consider a biosignature — but debate is ...

Astronomers may have found the strongest hint of life beyond Earth thanks to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Lucian of Samosatam was probably the first to write about travel to outer space and aliens in his 160 AD work: "A True Story" ...

A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez Space is phantasmagorical. Astronomers using the powerful ...

Astronauts need sunglasses to protect their eyes from intense solar radiation in space. Space shades also help astronauts ...

Earlier observations of K2-18b--which is 8.6 times as massive and 2.6 times as large as Earth and lies 124 light years away ...

identified methane and carbon dioxide in its atmosphere.This was the first time carbon-based molecules were discovered in the ...