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

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

NASA has launched the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to ...

A paper published in 2023 spurred discussion about whether life exists on an exoplanet named K2-18b. Two years later, the ...

Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like ...

Spherex (the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) will survey ...

The telescope will capture a three-dimensional map of the universe, collecting data on more than 450 million galaxies and over 100 million stars ...

NASA’s newest space missions, SPHEREx and PUNCH, are off to space, launching together aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at ...

The megaphone-shaped spacecraft, called SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ...

The SPHEREx Mission will Map The Entire Sky In The Infrared Wavelength To Better Understand The History Of The Universe ...

NASA’s newest space ... carbon monoxide and other ingredients necessary for life frozen within the clouds of gas and dust that give rise to planets and stars. In particular, astronomers are ...