For some of us on planet Earth, the search for extraterrestrial planets that could support life is a matter of expanding humanity into the stars; for others, it’s a fascinating thought experiment. But ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien life in the glow of a distant planet. Other scientists were quick to ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.

However, light that leaves our star also contains UVC radiation, which has a shorter wavelength than UVA or UVB light and ...

A decades-old pursuit to explore for life beyond Earth has received new impetus with a recent discovery that promises to simplify and make routine the task of searching for life on distant planets ...

A new material called Alloy 30 shrinks when it is heated and expands when it is cooled and it could help with telescope ...

Astronomers have been trying to detect atmospheres on planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, but bursts of radiation from the star make this challenging ...

Stories about the existence of aliens, and our chances of detecting them, tend to be positive. We are told that we might ...

In a groundbreaking first, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct image of a distant exoplanet ...

THE James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first-ever exoplanet – a distant world hidden by the glare of its nearest ...

New research says that the search for extraterrestrial life may be too narrow, as life could thrive in conditions far different from Earth's.