Researchers using the Webb telescope found traces of two gases, dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), in the atmosphere of K2-18b, a planet 124 light-years away. A new study led by ...

But those claims were quickly met with pushback. Independent analyses of the same JWST data suggested the team's evidence for ...

The planet Trappist-1e is about the same size as Earth, lies in the ‘habitable zone’ around its star and may have an ...

On Earth, we're constantly detecting signals from deep space. Many of these radio waves and other forms of electro–magnetic radiation can be attributed to natural phenomena such as pulsars, colliding ...

Three years into its mission, the James Webb Space Telescope has advanced the search for alien life more than any machine before it. What will it find next?

Once powerful allies in the fight against climate change, microscopic algae hidden beneath Antarctic sea ice are now fading — and their disappearance could accelerate the very crisis they helped slow ...

A wave of excitement and rigorous skepticism continues to sweep through the astronomical community following a series of ...

Don't rush to shake your head; this isn't a sci-fi trailer, but rather the recent findings from NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

When a corpse flower bloomed on campus, atmospheric scientists got to work. What they discovered provides new evidence about ...