Imagine a world without sunlight, buried under miles of rock, where temperatures soar and pressures crush. Now, imagine that ...

New JWST data strengthens earlier hints that K2-18b, a possible water world 120 light-years away, could host the chemical byproducts of life.

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

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

But the main reason for space exploration is to search for life beyond Earth ... and bulk composition. Venus and Earth are both in the habitable zone, though some say Venus only gets in on ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

The discovery of dimethyl sulfide on K2-18b, a planet 120 light-years away, has ignited hopes for extraterrestrial life due ... size of the Earth, the planet orbits the habitable zone of its ...

The Earth's Critical Zone ... in the deep critical zone, and they seem to play a crucial part in water purification. The Critical Zone, which ranges from the treetops to 700 feet underground, ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers believe they may have found the most compelling evidence of life beyond Earth. A planet ... in the so-called Goldilocks zone, an orbital sweet spot ...