K2-18 b is one strange place. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of K2-18 b, ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing extreme temperature swings on the exoplanet WASP-18b. When you purchase through ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers may have for the first time detected evidence that a distant planet had its ...

We may find alien life on a planet unlike any place in our Solar System — and we may find it soon. A huge planet called K2-18b has methane and carbon dioxide mixed in with its mostly hydrogen ...

The first (known) of its kind. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a major first, scientists have detected water vapor and ...

Microbes can live and grow in an atmosphere of pure hydrogen, lab experiments show. The finding could widen the range of environments where astronomers seek signs of alien life. “We’re trying to ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system, revealing three layers like a ...

Are we alone? This question is nearly as old as humanity itself. Today, the question in astronomy focuses on finding life beyond our planet. Are we, as a species, and as a planet, alone? Or is there ...

If there’s life on any of the habitable-zone TRAPPIST-1 worlds, JWST should be able to see signs of it in the planet’s atmosphere, a recent study says. The reverse is also true; if an alien ...