K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they had ...

Last week, a team of scientists claimed to have discovered possible signs of life on a nearby planet. in fact, their evidence ...

"Any claim of life on another planet requires a lot of justification, and I don't think we're there yet, Måns Holmberg, a ...

An astonishing discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope may rewrite our understanding of the Universe’s early years. A ...

"Either our models are in error, or the DMS/DMDS might not exist," Schwieterman told Space.com. "Finding life outside the ...

Researchers named it 'Oumuamua, Hawaiian for "scout". 'Oumuamua was later confirmed to be the first object from another star ...

This new weekly column seeks to bring science into view — its ideas, discoveries, and debates — every Tuesday. We’ll journey ...