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Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet
In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...
Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes
Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...
Webb telescope detects a possible signature of life on a distant world
A molecule detected on a planet 124 light-years away is produced on Earth by decaying phytoplankton and other microbes. There ...
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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 ...
Telescope finds promising hints of life on distant planet
A Cambridge team studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b has detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only ...
Rover finds hints of an ancient Martian carbon cycle
Tutolo led a new study of rock samples collected by the Curiosity rover that might have answered this question. The mystery ...
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Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes – a planetary scientist explains new research
Retrieving this sample allowed scientists to examine the asteroid’s composition in detail ... scientists assumed that the Earth’s atmosphere filtered out carbonaceous debris. When an object hits Earth ...
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 ...
Scientists found a potential sign of life on a distant planet—an astronomer explains why many are still skeptical
A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they had ...