K2-18 b is an exoplanet that has recently captured the attention of astronomers due to the presence of intriguing DMS gas ...
Eagle-eyed, armchair astronomers have almost certainly made a number of thrilling discoveries, including two possible Jupiter ...
New observations from the space telescope point to the existence of a “glory” in the atmosphere of WASP-76b, a luminous ...
Astronomers have detected the signal of a rainbow-like phenomenon known as the “glory effect” on a planet outside our solar ...
ALIEN species may be meteor-hopping across space and quietly colonising the galaxy, a fringe theory suggests. It’s a concept ...
Some stars erupt with 'superflares' 10,000 times as powerful as solar flares from the sun. A team of "stellar detectives" are ...
The NASA James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with an unprecedented glimpse of a distant exoplanet, shedding ...
From the brightness variations of its host star, an exoplanet’s size and other properties can be determined. In order to ...
at past times in Earth's atmosphere, phosphorus scarcity limited the biosphere. An aerial biosphere is an interesting idea. But it's not the main thrust of scientists' efforts to detect exoplanet ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is poised to investigate seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 star, 40 light ...
But even as hopes for a biosignature detection soar, some scientists are starting to openly ask whether gases in the atmosphere of an exoplanet will ever be convincing evidence for aliens.
If the exoplanet has an atmosphere, some starlight will be filtered through it before reaching the telescope. The starlight can be split into different colors, which tells you about what's in the ...