Claims about the detection of life on other planets go back decades ... In 1996, a team said that microscopic features resembling bacteria had been found in the Martian meteorite ALH84001. However, ...

But new research from the University of Chicago is urging caution. After analyzing data from multiple observations of the ...

In this case, they are taking information from a new study that was published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters and using ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

An astonishing new claim that we have finally discovered “alien life” has left the space world reeling. The world of astronomy is abuzz with excitement. Have we discovered the first-ever evidence of ...

In a marvelous cosmic irony, this immersion into our planet’s origins ... which are the necessary for life for a very long time, as demonstrated by JWST, which discovered complex organic ...

Reuters Nasa estimates that there are at least 100 billion planets in our ... they discover life on other worlds. And rather than bringing fear, the discovery of alien life will bring hope ...

Life. But how would we know it ... has seen potential biosignatures on a habitable planet,” the professor explained. He added that the discovery was “as big as it gets” for scientists.

Meanwhile, scientists discovered another planet that might support life just a few months ago. The "promising" super-Earth - named HD 20794 d - is less than 20 light-years away from us and may ...

One way to understand the potential for life on far-off planets -- those in other solar systems that orbit ... published today in Astrophysical Journal Letters, found one type of molecule ...