With the help of cutting-edge tools like the JWST and future missions, Professor Nikku Madhusudhan's research may soon help ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope detected an intriguing compound in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18 b, but scientists are divided about what the chemical means ...

Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope provide more evidence for what some consider a biosignature — but debate is ...

Astronomers have a lot of thoughts about the latest paper claiming we’ve found the strongest hints of alien life yet on the distant planet K2 18b.

Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.

Workers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they’re concerned that there’s no ...

While the Webb Telescope watched exoplanet K2‑18b glide across its parent star, sulfur‑bearing gases appeared in the planet’s ...

Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on planet - new but tentative evidence of a faraway world orbiting another ...

A team of Cambridge researchers studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b discovered chemical signatures of dimethyl ...

Rings of a dying star are revealed in the nebula NGC 1514. The Webb Telescope reveals a chaotic scene long hidden from view.

A fog of long-wavelength infrared light could be produced by dusty, star-forming galaxies that have remained hidden — until now, that is.

The Trump administration’s draft budget plan for fiscal 2026 includes deep cuts to NASA’s science programs as part of an overall 20% reduction in the agency’s annual spending, leaked documents from ...