The study builds on previous research investigating different biosignature gases, including dimethyl sulfide, another ...

Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.

A chemical found in the atmosphere around an exoplanet that leads researchers to believe the planet may harbor life is called ...

Shane recommends reading Bewilderment, by Richard Powers, a novel that is “freighted with insight, dread, hope, and often a ...

Strange aliens could be hiding in gases, scientists say - Gases could be found relatively easily and quickly with existing ...

For over 100 years, scientists have been hell-bent on talking to aliens, and new technology could give that hunt a boost.

To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...

The megaphone-shaped spacecraft, called SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ...

NASA's Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2021, fired its laser at some oddly pale rocks on the surface ...

The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, has a new photo exhibit in honor of International Women's Day: "Iconic Women ...