Independent scientists described the findings as interesting, but not nearly enough to show the existence of life on another ...

PARIS (AFP) — 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.

K2-18 b is 8.6 times as massive as Earth and with a diameter of about 2.6 times as large as our planet. It orbits in the ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond ...

A new discovery could represent the most concrete evidence of alien life to-date, but scientists caution that further studies are needed.

Near a planet far, far away astronomers have found traces of chemicals that on Earth are only produced by living beings.

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

In a stunning new finding, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet of life existing beyond our solar system. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers from the University of ...

A distant ocean-covered world, teeming with life. That's the most likely explanation for a new discovery made by scientists ...

Researchers have detected in an alien planet’s atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes ...