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

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

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

Jupiter, the giant of our solar system, is home to a variety of fascinating phenomena. Among these, the Great Red Spot (GRS) ...

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to sleuth out some of these objects, called brown dwarfs, in a vibrant star-forming region of our galaxy called the Flame Nebula. Brown dwarfs ...

Astronomers have identified an extreme exoplanet, LTT 9779 b, that is reshaping our understanding of planetary atmospheres.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of researchers has uncovered the hidden complexity of SIMP 0136, ...

Uncover the Webb Telescope's fascinating discovery of a 34-million-year-old planet-forming disk around a red star.

Mars' atmosphere moves differently from Earth's due to gravity waves. These waves affect air circulation at high altitudes.