A Potential Biosignature has been Found on an Ancient Martian Rock

A potential biosignature indicating the presence of ancient lifeforms has turned up in a rock on the surface of Mars, in the form of what may be traces of chemical reactions from the life processes of ancient microbes. Although the sample will need to be returned to Earth to confirm whether or not there are […]

The First Signs of Life May Have Been Found on an Exoplanet

In what may be the first sign of life detected beyond our Solar System, the James Webb Telescope has detected the signature of a chemical compound that is known to only be produced by biological organisms, in the atmosphere of an exoplanet 124 light years from Earth. Although its detection is still tentative, the spectral signature of the […]