"If the ultimate result of this story is that the public is more circumspect about future claims of life detection, that's ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

An astronomer at Columbia University is suggesting that because life emerged so soon on Earth after its formation, it may ...

Does alien life exist on an exoplanet? On TikTok, a University of Oxford astrophysicist cast doubt that extraterrestrial life ...

Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the ...

New Curtin University research has revealed that a massive meteorite struck northwestern Scotland about 200 million years ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

A new study suggests that life may emerge rapidly on Earth-like planets once conditions become favorable. By analyzing ...

A Harvard professor questions whether research conducted at the University of Cambridge about life on K2-18b is accurate.

It is one of the questions we have all asked ourselves at some point: when will the world end? Well, a team of several ...

Scientists are testing whether ancient life from Earth—like hardy microbes—could survive the harsh conditions of space, ...

Earth and Mars are mysteriously low in elements like copper and zinc, which are crucial for planetary chemistry and ...