The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Explore how astronomers aim to identify signs of alien life by analysing the atmospheres of distant exoplanets through ...

Recent observations suggest that scientists have identified potential microbial fingerprints in the atmospheres of other planets, raising intriguing questions about the possibility of alien life ...

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

Combining two kinds of quantum computing devices could be just the trick for taking better images of faint, faraway ...

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, you're a large... Scientists have been studying the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e ...

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying about 40 payloads, including NASA's Pandora exoplanet satellite, launched from California's ...

Scientists might have discovered life outside the Solar System. Welcome to planet K2-18 b. This exoplanet is 124 light-years ...

A team of astronomers has announced the discovery of a new, exotic class of exoplanets: super-Earths formed at high ...