Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

Even if the planet does have DMS, it is not a guarantee of life — the chemical has been detected on a lifeless asteroid.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured and amazing view of the Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104). The galaxy is about 30 million light years away from Earth. Credit: Space.com | NASA, ...

In April, the scientific world—and the public—was abuzz with the thrilling news that a distant planet called K2-18b might ...

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the centennial of quantum mechanics’ framework, Hubble’s 35th anniversary and the legacy of Kanzi the bonobo.

The discovery of water ice around a distant star is allowing scientists to study how the key ingredient for life is delivered ...

JWST has detected the earliest galaxies in the universe, but some look “more mature” than expected. Is it time to rethink how ...

In April, scientists captured global attention by announcing they'd found a molecule in a faraway planet's atmosphere that ...

The James Webb Space Telescope yielded the largest galaxy group sample ever observed after scanning a patch of sky known as ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like ...