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 ...

MARS was not always the beaming red we’re so used to seeing in space. Scientists have revealed that it was actually a “blue ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some have already been found. Thanks to rapidly advancing telescope technology, ...

NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven ...

Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just ...

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An ocean world that's teeming with microbes — and who knows what other kinds of life — is currently the best explanation for some chemical signatures that the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, ...

Finding alien life won’t be as dramatic as a flying saucer landing on the White House lawn – it’ll be NASA scientists holding a press conference to excitedly show off a chart that’s incomprehensible ...