Strange aliens could be hiding in gases, scientists say - Gases could be found relatively easily and quickly with existing ...

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

Astronomers are uncovering new insights into exoplanetary atmospheres, and a recent study on WASP-107 b has turned conventional models on their heads. This distant planet, with its incredibly low ...

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 using JWST have uncovered striking cloud formations and extreme heat contrasts on LTT 9779 b, a rare ultra-hot ...

High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system ... But even if life does not exist on HD 20794 D, its strange orbit will provide an "invaluable test case" for future studies, said the ...

Tylos (or WASP-121b) is a gaseous, giant exoplanet located some 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. Using the ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), scientists ...

In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...

How do you dust a star for fingerprints? It's certainly a strange question, but a team of researchers think they have the answer. Their findings could help us better understand how planets are born.