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

Astronomers claim they've found the most promising signs of possible life on a planet outside of our solar system.

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Our sun, like all stars, is made mostly of hydrogen and helium. They are by far the most abundant elements, formed in the ...

Bold claims of ‘biosignature’ molecules trigger an outpouring of scepticism.

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 ...

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

There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

Monday’s flight cost the annual GDP of a small country, but as Winfrey sagely put it yesterday, “Life is about continuing to ...

Fortescue will fork out $350m for electric drill rigs at its iron ore operations in Western Australia where it has started ...

Hugo Ekitike played a starring role as Eintracht Frankfurt cruised to a 3-0 home win over Heidenheim on Sunday to ...