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

When both traditional astronomy and Christian theology placed the Earth at the centre of the cosmos, few imagined the stars ...

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

Astronomers recently announced a tantalizing discovery: using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected potential ...