A recent study published in Astrophysical Journal Letters proposes an unprecedented method for detecting life beyond our ...

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

Researchers suggest that certain gases detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets could be key indicators in the search for ...

Finding alien life won’t be as dramatic as a flying saucer landing on the White House lawn – it’ll be NASA scientists holding ...

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

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

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

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

The James Webb Space Telescope could potentially detect signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds, possibly the most ...

A group of scientists from the University of California, Riverside, has found a new and exciting way to search for alien life ...

Scientists identify a new way to detect life in outer space with currently existing telescopes. The method hinges on worlds that look nothing like Earth, and gases rarely considered in the search for ...

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could provide the best chance for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...