Planet K2-18b is very unlikely to be a one-off in the vast universe - meaning many others that are similar likely exist too.

Their latest study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, reports the detection of either dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or ...

The research detected evidence of compounds in the exoplanet's atmosphere that on Earth are only produced by living organisms ...

Zhúlóng is the most distant spiral galaxy ever seen. It formed 1 billion years after Big Bang, yet has a calm structure like ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope confirmed that the planet K2-18b has traces of dimethyl sulfide, a potential ...

In a stunning find, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a spiral galaxy so eerily similar ...

Finding evidence of life in the cosmos is the “holy grail” of exoplanet science, one of the scientists said, but there is ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

A distant planet's atmosphere shows signs of molecules that on Earth are associated only with biological activity, a possible signal of life on what is suspected to be a watery world, according to a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The ...

As part of ESA/Hubble's 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) is sharing a new image series ...