Using powerful infrared sensors, Webb observed TRAPPIST-1 e as it transited its host star, analysing starlight filtering ...

TRAPPIST-1 has the advantage for research purposes of being a faint red dwarf, which means these planets orbit close by, even those in the habitable zone, so transits occur frequently. Combining data ...

The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to facilitate chemical reactions. While single-celled life has existed almost as ...

A bold new proposal from a team of astrophysicists, led by Heidi Newberg from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, suggests that ...