The search for alien life is one of the most captivating scientific quests of our time. With the discovery of thousands of ...

What can methyl halides, which are gases that consist of one carbon and three hydrogen atoms while being attached to a ...

Scientists are rethinking how to detect alien life by focusing on planets vastly different from Earth. Instead of searching ...

Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.

A study reveals that JWST can detect methyl halides in Hycean planet atmospheres, indicating potential biosignatures and ...

UC Riverside scientists identify a new way to detect life in outer space with currently existing telescopes. The method ...

HUNTING for aliens is now a little easier as scientists discover a new sign that gives away life on far-off planets.

“Unlike an Earth-like planet, where atmospheric noise and telescope limitations make it difficult to detect biosignatures, ...

A UC Riverside study argues that if a certain group of methyl gases is found in exoplanet atmospheres it could be a ...

Now, a group of researchers is proposing a novel approach using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a collaboration ...

A Hycean exoplanet could have detectable methyl halide gases in its atmosphere that could indicate the presence of life. Credit: Amanda Smith illustration These gases — composed of carbon ...

Instead, JWST would have to aim for larger exoplanets orbiting small red stars, with deep global oceans and thick hydrogen atmospheres called Hycean planets. Humans could not breathe or survive on ...