JWST could potentially detect the signature of methyl halide compounds, produced by microbial life in Earth's ocean, on ...

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

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

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

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

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

These gases — composed of carbon, hydrogen, and a halogen, like chlorine — are mostly made by bacteria, algae, fungi, and ...

If such worlds exist, they could be among the most common life-bearing planets in the galaxy. Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope ...

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

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 ...

Scientists identify methyl halides as a strong biosignature for alien life, with Hycean planets offering the best chance for ...