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New Statistical Biosignature Distinguishes Life From Nonlife

The peer-reviewed study highlights a simple, instrument-agnostic metric with potential use on data from current and future missions.

Curiosity Frees Stuck Mars Rock After Rare Drill Mishap

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JWST Finds Heavy, Water-Rich Atmosphere on Mini-Neptune in Rare Hot-Jupiter System

Astronomers Detect Thin Atmosphere on Small World Beyond Pluto

Webb Maps the Surface of a Nearby Super-Earth, Revealing a Dark Basaltic World

NASA Chief Endorses Making Pluto a Planet Again

Study Reports Tenuous Atmosphere on a 500-Kilometer Kuiper Belt World

JWST Reveals Dark, Airless Surface on Rocky Exoplanet LHS 3844 b

ALMA Finds Semi-Heavy Water in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Extreme Heavy-Water Signal, Pointing to an Ultra‑Cold Origin

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Extreme Heavy-Water Enrichment, Study Finds

JWST Spots Water-Ice Clouds on Nearby Jupiter-Like World

NASA Moves Up Launch of Roman Space Telescope to Early September

Curiosity Finds Most Diverse Organic Molecules Yet on Mars With First Wet-Chemistry Test

JWST Spots Record-Low Metallicity in ‘Forbidden’ Giant Planet’s Atmosphere

NASA Administrator Says Finding Evidence of Alien Life Is Likely

Trump Orders Release of Government UFO Files

JWST Finds Metal-Poor Atmosphere on Giant Planet Around a Small Red Dwarf

Burchett Says Secret UFO Briefings Would ‘Unglue’ America, Urges Trump to Release Files

Vance Vows Deep Review of U.S. UFO Files, Calls Phenomena 'Demons'