We tend to think of habitability in terms of individual planets and their potential to host life. But barring outliers like ...

But, he added, “This is a revolutionary moment … It’s the first time humanity has seen potential biosignatures on a habitable planet.” Night Editor [email protected] Got a tip?

We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting ...

Its algorithm is trained to infer correlations between habitable planets and the properties of their systems. Meanwhile, 124 light-years away from Earth, an exoplanet called K2-18b orbits a star ...

"It tells us that the planet was habitable and that the models for habitability are correct," said the study's lead author, Ben Tutolo, associate professor with the Department of Earth, Energy and ...

These conditions classify the exoplanet as being in what astronomers refer to as the habitable zone — where planets have the right conditions for water, providing a key ingredient for life to ...

Earth is a rather special place, quite unlike the other planets in the solar system. It’s nestled at the perfect distance from the sun to allow our water to remain liquid and for life to ...

“a revolutionary moment … the first time humanity has seen potential biosignatures on a habitable planet.” Observation of the atmosphere of the planet K2-18b, 124 light years away, by the ...

Searching for the signatures of these molecules in atmospheres of other similarly sized planets within the habitable zones of their stars would also help, although it’s a process that will take ...