Oxford researchers have unearthed a cosmic surprise showing that the hydrogen needed for water was embedded in the very rocks ...

Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research ...

Researchers may have found clues of possible ancient life beneath Mars' surface thanks to the Perseverance rover.

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope provide more evidence for what some consider a biosignature — but debate is ...

The space rock dates to around 4.6 billion years ago and is believed to be similar in composition to early Earth, according ...

The latest discovery is the strongest hint yet of biological activity outside our solar system. But this does not mean that ...

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

Only 43 (to date) have been observed directly (about 0.5% of them). Most are discovered through indirect means, such as ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists say they found indications of potential life on K2-18b, a planet outside our solar system.

Astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, have found chemical fingerprints on the exoplanet K2-18b, found 120 ...

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