Venus dominates as the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east-southeast before dawn; the Eta Aquariid meteor shower takes place ...

By Deane Morrison In May Jupiter sinks into the sunset, ending a months-long guest starring role with the bright winter ...

The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a ...

According to NASA, the planetary phenomenon will be clearest about 45 minutes before sunrise, low in the eastern sky and ...

Would clues be traced to microfossils trapped within ancient Martian rocks, swim in waters of an ocean world, or lead to an Earth-like twin thought of as Planet B? Or perhaps a technosignature ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But not everyone agrees that it signals life. An illustration shows what ...

Daniel Apai receives funding for astrobiology research from NASA, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that ...

To do that, find Arcturus, the brightest star breaking over the horizon ... he will reflect on astronomers’ recent discovery of a possible signature of life on another planet 127 light years away. He ...

To do that, find Arcturus, the brightest star breaking over ... recent discovery of a possible signature of life on another planet 127 light years away. He asked, “How long have humans looked ...

“Astronomers detected a possible signature of life on a planet orbiting a star 120 light-years away,” it read. Soon after, The Washington Post followed up with a notification of its ...

In fact, the life that could be – emphasis on the could be – thriving on a distant ocean-covered planet named K2-18b is likely not intelligent at all. But that doesn't make the recent ...