On a faraway planet, James Webb Space Telescope has picked up signs of molecules that, on Earth, are produced only by living ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional “Star Wars” desert planet Tatooine.

So far, at least, the only one which we know for certain to be habitable is Earth – but that doesn’t mean that other life-bearing planets can’t be out there. The search for these other ...