"Until we can separate these signals more clearly, we have to be especially careful not to misinterpret them as signs of life ...

Even if the planet does have DMS, it is not a guarantee of life — the chemical has been detected on a lifeless asteroid.

Last month, scientists had announced that they might have identified what appeared to be the most promising signs of alien ...

Harris Dickinson's 'Urchin' and Momoko Seto’s animated 'Dandelion's Odyssey' also earned recognition from the critics' ...

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

On May 21, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of 2017 OF 201, which, because ...

Astronomers have discovered a remarkable planetary system that challenges long-held assumptions about where planets can ...

A large team of astronomers and astrophysicists affiliated with several institutions in China has discovered a binary star ...

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission is heading for to two extremely different bodies in our solar system, and should provide ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

The new observations were carried out using JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which captured signals in the mid-infrared ...