James Webb has detected a molecule in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b that could be linked to life. The molecule, dimethyl sulfide or DMS, is produced on Earth only by biological processes. In ...
Martian Moon Deimos Might Have Reshaped Itself and Its Orbit: Dr. Matija Ćuk, SETI Institute research scientist, and collaborators propose that Mars’s smaller moon may have undergone repeated ...
SpaceX halted Falcon 9 launches for a week while it investigated that issue, which was traced to a fuel leak in one of the booster's nine Merlin engines. This leak led to a fire shortly after ...
A delicate balance between landmasses and oceans is crucial for the development of complex extraterrestrial life, according to a study published by researchers from Harvard.
The planet is one of the best worlds for follow-up studies to determine whether it could be habitable or not.
In Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness, two spaceships meet to study a black hole. Their research comes to an abrupt halt, however, when crew members start dying horribly, says Emily H. Wilson ...