Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

Hycean planets, theoretical exoplanets with deep oceans and thick hydrogen atmospheres, could be key targets for detecting ...

The James Webb Space Telescope could potentially detect signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds, possibly the most ...

Researchers suggest that certain gases detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets could be key indicators in the search for ...

This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated how methyl halides on exoplanets known as “Hycean” ...

Finding alien life won’t be as dramatic as a flying saucer landing on the White House lawn – it’ll be NASA scientists holding ...

Interview The team behind the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just scored the Simon Ramo Medal, given by the Institute of ...

It focuses on gases called methyl halides, which could reveal the existence of microbial life forms on so-called "hycean" planets—ocean worlds with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere. Direct observation of ...