The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity ...

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When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

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But new research from the University of Chicago is urging caution. After analyzing data from multiple observations of the ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

Researchers found that a tidally locked planet like our nearest neighbor Proxima b could produce significant lightning storms ...

Astronomers are developing plans and technology for increasingly powerful space telescopes. For instance, NASA is working on its proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory, which would take ultrasharp ...

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Excitement around the potential discovery of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b is fading as new analyses cast doubt on initial ...