Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

What happens when Earth’s top predator is placed in a completely foreign environment? This mind-bending scenario explores ...

How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs These findings ... the JWST on as humanity continues to search the cosmos for alien life. In particular, the results suggest that white ...

The ELT could identify biosignatures on planets in our solar system as well as orbiting Proxima Centauri within hours.

What if humanity's search for life on other planets returns no hits? A team of researchers led by Dr Daniel Angerhausen, a ...

Are we alone in the universe? The answer to one of humanity’s biggest questions is complicated by a basic reality: If there is life on other worlds, it may not look familiar. In a paper published ...

A trip to planets outside our solar system could tell scientists a lot — even if no extraterrestrial life is found ...

Astronomers found water vapour equal to 3 Earth oceans in HL Tauri’s disk—offering rare insight into planet birth, cosmic ...

A new study challenges past optimism scientists have expressed about whether life could exist on Saturn's moon Titan.

Even if no planets show signs of life, that can teach us a lot. By getting zero signals, scientists can still estimate how ...