If the Webb telescope detects these molecules, they may point to life
Considering humans don't have a spacecraft capable of traveling to planets beyond the solar system, scientists have to get ...
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4 Tiny Planets Found Orbiting Earth's Closest Solitary Star
Considered a solitary star for its lack of stellar companions, Barnard's Star is notoriously lonely—signs of any exoplanets ...
Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth – an expert explains what we know
Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...
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Signs of alien life may be hiding in these gases
The study builds on previous research investigating different biosignature gases, including dimethyl sulfide, another ...
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Weird planets may be the best place to look for strange alien life, according to new research
Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.
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Whoa! Astronomers found 128 new moons orbiting Saturn
An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more ...
Signs of Alien Life May Be Hiding in Methyl Halides
Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like Earth and gases rarely considered in the search for extraterrestrials. In a ...
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Strange microbes on Earth might help us understand life on Venus
If venusian clouds contain life, it will be very different than what we know. But terrestrial analogs might still give us ...
Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
Four tiny planets are orbiting one of our nearest stars
Astronomers have revealed new evidence that not just one, but four tiny planets are circling around Barnard's Star, the ...
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Super-Earths and mini-Neptunes: More Earth-like planets may exist
A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...