How can identifying land on exoplanets help scientists better understand whether an exoplanet could harbor life? This is what ...

The search for life beyond the solar system is heating up. Though biosignatures around super-Earth K2-18b remain unconfirmed, ...

Ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around ...

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four ...

Astronomers have confirmed a fifth planet orbiting the nearby red dwarf L 98‑59, which lies in the star’s habitable zone. The ...

An exoplanet is breathing its last breath of air. Just like Earth, this type of planet is orbiting a star, but this one is ...

Earlier this year, astronomers reported possible evidence of life on another planet – but new observations from JWST suggest ...

The exoplanet K2-18b has once again captured the attention of scientists and space enthusiasts alike, but this time for all ...

Signs of life on K2-18 b are revisited as a new NASA-led study finds no conclusive evidence for dimethyl sulfide, tempering ...

Another (and, in our view, more important) source of energy for life on Iceheim is the heat coming from its core, underneath ...

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Scientists are turning to simulations and experiments to understand how life-indicating molecules behave, so we might know ...