When a scientific controversy or breakthrough dominates headlines, press officers and journalists often quote a handful of ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system," according to a University of Cambridge study.

The first sign of possible extraterrestrials detected in the cosmos didn't come in the form of little green aliens flying around in saucer-shaped spacecraft. In fact, the life that could be – emphasis ...

Discoveries on K2-18b could guide these searches, providing valuable insights into the conditions that might support aerial life 120 light years out. The confirmation of microbial life in exoplanet ...

Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have confirmed the presence of water vapor on K2-18b. Learn the key ...

An exoplanet orbiting a dwarf star 124 light-years from Earth made headlines around the world in April 2025. Researchers at the University of Cambridge reported that planet K2-18b could be a marine ...

Are Hycean exoplanets, which are a combination of hydrogen and a potential liquid water ocean, less common than previously hypothesized? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical ...

Astronomers at the University of Cambridge in the UK said they have found the “most promising signs yet” of life on another planet outside of the solar system. The scientists analyzed data from NASA’s ...

Science fiction writer and futurist Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” And perhaps that fear is what ...