Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

New telescopic technologies are offering insights into whether exoplanets host life, focusing on atmospheric gas analysis.

Explore how astronomers aim to identify signs of alien life by analysing the atmospheres of distant exoplanets through ...

The sulfurous gas steams out of the alien bloom, filling the air so fully that a lone telescope floating 700 trillion miles (over a quadrillion kilometers) away can sense it — faintly, for just a few ...

In 2021, a curious discovery pushed penguins into an unexpected corner of science. Researchers studying chemical signatures ...

As many as 200 worlds beyond our solar system discovered by astronomers may be larger than estimated, which could influence the search for extraterrestrial life. That's the theory of a team of ...

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A newly discovered “super-Earth” planet could allow us to finally see alien life, researchers say. The world – named GJ 251 c and lying less than 20 light years away – is thought to be a “super Earth” ...

The Living Worlds Working Group proposes a revolutionary approach to finding life on distant planets. The paper, part of the ...

High-energy particles zipping through the cosmos are harmful to life on Earth, but scientists think it could be food for potential alien life elsewhere. Saturn's moon Enceladus (shown here in a 2006 ...