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Scientists Detected Potential Signs of Life on a Distant Planet. This Is Not a Drill.
A chemical called dimethyl sulfide popped up in an analysis of exoplanet K2-18b’s atmosphere. On Earth, it’s only made by ...
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Did we actually find signs of alien life on K2-18b? 'We should expect some false alarms and this may be one'
"Either our models are in error, or the DMS/DMDS might not exist," Schwieterman told Space.com. "Finding life outside the ...
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From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
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Scientists Detected Potential Signs of Life on a Distant Planet. This Is Not a Drill.
Scientists have announced the detection of dimethyl sulfide—a chemical that, on Earth, is only produced by living organisms—in the atmosphere of an exoplanet ... a fluke or background ...
First engulfed exoplanet not a victim of a bloated star after all
Two years ago it was said that a bloated star had swallowed an exoplanet for the first time. That was probably not true after ...
Japan space agency joining NASA telescope project to explore exoplanets far, far away
The PRIME telescope, operated by Osaka University and others in South Africa, which can potentially study the Milky Way's ...
Hycean worlds: A new frontier in search for extraterrestrial life
Scientists have found strong signs of possible life on exoplanet K2-18b, a potential "Hycean world," suggesting new avenues in the search for alien life.
A Super-Earth Stripped Bare: Astronomers Uncover One of the Densest Planets Ever Found
K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by ...