JWST discovers Zhúlóng, the earliest Milky Way-like galaxy, 800 million years after the Big Bang explosion occurred.

The initial report was based on observations from the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA and its European and Canadian counterparts. But the results created a lot of hubbub ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have detected potential biosignatures, dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and/or dimethyl ...

One of the great mysteries that humanity has been pursuing since time immemorial is whether there is life beyond our planetary frontier. Many people are tirelessly investigating th ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at potential first signs of life on another world, an FDA greenlight for ...

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 ...

Dr. Nikku Madhusudhan's team has detected dimethyl sulfide (DMS) on exoplanet K2-18b, a potential biosignature produced by living organisms like marin ...

A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they had ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has managed to detect the “best evidence of life” on an exoplanet with 99.7% accuracy, ...

Not every space traveler has worn a suit or walked upright. From monkeys to microscopic marvels, these species show how far ...