“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic organisms don’t require oxygen to grow. “They’d be adapted to a very different ...

Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in September 2025. Billions more are ...

A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic fields protect planets from energetic particles that can strip away atmospheres ...

Humans are finally starting to build the technology that could tell us where to look, when to look, and what signs to watch ...

"Their first delivery of exoplanets is going to be in December 2026 ... continents, vegetation, animal life or even cities. The first 30 years of exoplanet science focused on discovery and of finding ...

But those claims were quickly met with pushback. Independent analyses of the same JWST data suggested the team's evidence for DMS was weak at best, while other experts cautioned that sub-Neptunes may ...

The finding suggests phosphine—a potential biosignature—shouldn’t be viewed as evidence of alien life until natural, ...

The reason we haven’t found life elsewhere in the universe is simple ... Using existing telescopes, scientists have already explored the atmospheres of a few Jupiter-size exoplanets. The next ...

or even just complex life, the search for other organisms among the stars may lead humanity to a geologically active planet.

Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could ...

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly ...

Ancient ocean grains show Earth’s carbon levels were far lower than expected during key evolutionary eras. The results challenge old theories of life’s rise and hint at patterns that could shape our ...