Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

James Webb Space Telescope imagery of the Carina Nebula, Southern Ring Nebula and exoplanet WASP-96 b atmospheric data has ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant and thus earliest spiral galaxy ever seen, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Scientists detect potential biosignatures on a nearby exoplanet, hinting at possible alien life for the first time.

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

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the astronomers ... and/or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b, which orbits its star in the habitable zone.

Their latest study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, reports the detection of either dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or ...

An artist's interpretation of the exoplanet K2-18b ... Unlike optical telescopes such as Hubble, JWST cannot image the surfaces of distant planets directly; instead, its infrared instruments ...

Recent James Webb Space Telescope observations have provided the strongest indications yet of potential life beyond our solar ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured groundbreaking images of exoplanets in the HR 8799 and 51 Eridani systems. By modifying its coronagraphs, astronomers allowed more starlight to ...

Cambridge astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the first potential sign of life on another planet.

K2-18b exoplanet holds potential for life detection and future human settlement, sparking excitement in space research ...