Recently, the astronomical community has made an exciting discovery: water vapor has been detected in the atmospheres of ...

Astronomers utilized data from the Gemini South telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) from NASA to detect silane (SiH₄) in the atmosphere of "The Accident." This simple molecule ...

TRAPPIST-1 is a star system that comprises of seven Earth sized planets, out of which three are in the Goldilocks zone.

The Earth’s atmosphere is experiencing an accelerated rate of atmospheric escape, leading to a faster loss of gases into ...

A collection of short dispatches from the field of climate microbiology conveys the contributions that single-celled life ...

Science advances through data that don't fit our current understanding. At least that was Thomas Kuhn's theory in his famous ...

A recent study combining observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and detailed analysis published in The ...

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet ...

New research reveals where the nearest alien civilization may exist, which could be far older than intelligent life on Earth.

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

Webb telescope found new clues about planet TRAPPIST-1 e, ruling out thick air and keeping the hope for liquid water - and ...