Scientists are rethinking how to detect alien life by focusing on planets vastly different from Earth. Instead of searching ...
HUNTING for aliens is now a little easier as scientists discover a new sign that gives away life on far-off planets.
Alien life could be hiding in gases, researchers have said. We could find extraterrestrial beings in gas on faraway planets ...
Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like ...
If the Webb telescope detects these molecules, they may point to life.
A UC Riverside study argues that if a certain group of methyl gases is found in exoplanet atmospheres it could be a ...
Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.
Called methyl halides, the gases comprise a methyl group, which bears a carbon and three hydrogen atoms, attached to a halogen atom such as chlorine or bromine. They’re primarily produced on Earth by ...