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Webb telescope's study suggests life on exoplanet remains unconfirmed
May 03, 2024 (SPX)
The research focuses on the exoplanet K2-18b, which in 2023 appeared to host biosignature gases in its atmosphere. Unlike most exoplanets, K2-18b receives a sim...
Nightside clouds reveal new insights on giant exoplanet Wasp-43b
May 01, 2024 (SPX)
Utilizing the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on Webb, the team analyzed the full orbital phase curve of the planet, focusing on temperature fluctuations and che...
Decaying orbits of exoplanets linked to stellar magnetic fields
Apr 30, 2024 (SPX)
The study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, highlights how stellar magnetic fields may significantly influence the gravitational tides between th...
LLNL Pandora SmallSat mission clears major NASA milestone on the path toward launch
Apr 26, 2024 (SPX)
"This is a major milestone for the mission and a huge accomplishment for our team, clearing us through spacecraft integration and to flight readiness," said Ben...
Hidden biosphere discovered beneath world's driest hot desert
Apr 24, 2024 (SPX)
Despite the harsh conditions, with scarce higher life forms, the hyper-arid soil rich in salts and sulfates nurtures bacteria. While the top 80 centimeters of s...
Study traces bioluminescence back 540 million years in octocorals
Apr 24, 2024 (SPX)
Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B on April 23, the study provides new insights into when and why organisms started to light up. Historically, ...
Astronomers propose new formation model for JuMBO free-floating planets
Apr 23, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Stony Brook University detailed their findings in a study published on April 19 in Nature Astronomy. T...
Desert soil microbes adapt to thrive in extreme dry conditions
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
Covering over 46% of the Earth's terrestrial surface, drylands are critical ecosystems that are expanding due to climate change and unsustainable land managemen...
Peptides still form on cosmic dust despite water-covered molecular ice
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
Replicating cosmic conditions in a laboratory vacuum, Krasnokutski's group confirmed the ability of amino acid precursors, aminoketenes, to form peptides on mol...
Tracing life's origins: Cambridge team explores early Earth conditions
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
Past studies have highlighted these molecules' potential in forming life's building blocks, but synthesizing them in significant amounts within a single environ...
Purple may just be the new green in the hunt for alien life
Apr 17, 2024 (SPX)
These purple bacteria, which exhibit a range of hues including yellow, orange, and red, could dominate planets orbiting cooler red dwarf stars, the most common ...
Exoplanets evaluated in new light
Apr 12, 2024 (SPX)
Dr. Nadiia Kostogryz of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) and first author of the study explains, "The challenges in interpreting data fr...
New insights into Earth's carbon cycle offer clues for habitability of other planets
Apr 12, 2024 (SPX)
The ongoing emission of carbon dioxide by volcanic activity has long seen carbon transported to oceans, where it forms rocks like limestone. Over time, the accu...
NASA's planet-hunter TESS temporarily shuts off
Apr 11, 2024 (UPI)
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, which has been searching for planets like Earth outside of the solar system, unexpectedly went into "safe mo...
CHEOPS identifies phenomenal 'Glory' on distant exoplanet WASP-76b
Apr 08, 2024 (SPX)
WASP-76b, an ultra-hot giant planet located considerably closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun, endures over 4,000 times the solar radiation Earth recei...
First 'glory' on hellish distant world
Apr 08, 2024 (ESA)
"There's a reason no glory has been seen before outside our Solar System - it requires very peculiar conditions," explains Olivier Demangeon, astronomer at the ...
Uncovering the thermal pathways to life's origins
Apr 05, 2024 (SPX)
This complexity contrasts sharply with the chaotic conditions of Earth four billion years ago when prebiotic reactions laid the groundwork for life. The challen...
Unlocking the secrets of Earth's underground ecosystems
Apr 03, 2024 (SPX)
The method, conceptualized at the Single Cell Genomics Center of Bigelow Laboratory, revealed that a sulfate-reducing bacterium species was the predominant and ...
Webb Telescope unveils first glimpse into planetary formation
Apr 02, 2024 (SPX)
At the UArizona Steward Observatory, led by Jarron Leisenring, researchers have delved into the depths of space to observe the infancy stages of planetary syste...
Webb opens new chapter in search for forming planets
Mar 28, 2024 (SPX)
The teams' findings, detailed in a series of papers published in The Astronomical Journal, reveal intricate interactions between the disks and the gas and dust ...
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