Zhúlóng is the most distant spiral galaxy ever seen. It formed 1 billion years after Big Bang, yet has a calm structure like ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know.

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious.

The rotating model, which does not break any known law of physics, suggests the universe could spin around once every 500 billion years. This would be far too slowly to detect easily, but enough to ...

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

This discovery offers a glimpse into the dramatic and explosive fates awaiting some of the universe's most fascinating ...

A distant planet's atmosphere shows signs of molecules that on Earth are associated only with biological activity, a possible signal of life on what is suspected to be a watery world, according to a ...

Finding evidence of life in the cosmos is the “holy grail” of exoplanet science, one of the scientists said, but there is ...