Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

The search for life beyond our planet continues, and one of the most underappreciated tools in an astrobiologist's toolkit is statistics. While it might not be as glamorous as directly imaging a ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

Astronomers have been poring over last week's claim of the detection of life-associated gases in the atmosphere of a distant planet named K2-18b — "the strongest evidence yet that life may exist on a ...

Scientists are debating whether data from the James Webb Space Telescope is really pointing to biosignature gases in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b. (Adriana M. Gutierrez (CI Lab) | NASA-GSFC) ...