Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights?

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

An astronomer at Columbia University is suggesting that because life emerged so soon on Earth after its formation, it may ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge ...

Scientists using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, have made an astounding discovery. They believe extraterrestrial ...

ALSO NEW AT FOUR. RESEARCH FROM STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA COULD HELP US LEARN MORE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE TEAM OF STUDENTS ...

Scientists have spotted interesting chemical signs on K2-18b. These signs are linked to life on Earth. The James Webb Space ...

I am an astronomer and astrobiologist who studies planets around other stars and their atmospheres. In my work, I try to understand which nearby planets may be suitable for life. To understand what ...

Since then, nearly 6,000 planets outside our solar system ... and gradually shift towards the probability that life does exist on other worlds, according to Prof Catherine Heymans, from Edinburgh ...