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

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

The record-breaking galaxy is revealing secrets about the first stars and their unexpected chemical fingerprints.

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like our Milky Way - a spiral structure with a straight bar of stars and gas ...

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

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

Naturally, the aurora on our solar system's largest planet is hundreds of times brighter and more energetic than our own Northern lights.

Swear It In The Better Angels of Our Nature, Steven Pinker suggests that the very essence of language is warning. From the ...

Since its launch, the James Webb Space Telescope has delivered mind-blowing discoveries - from ancient galaxies formed just after the Big Bang to brand-new exoplanets, mysterious cosmic structures, ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa). It has launched spectacularly ...

The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such early galaxies is puzzling ...

A research team led by Shuo Huang (NAOJ and Nagoya University) has observed a massive and extremely active barred spiral ...