Astronomer Eliza Kempton said that she had waited her "entire career" to peer into an atmosphere from this mysterious class of planets.

Though they don't orbit around our sun, sub-Neptunes are the most common type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar ...

A study suggesting the exoplanet K2-18b may contain potential signs of alien life has been met with skepticism from the ...

In her 2019 book The Sonic Episteme, philosopher Robin James postulates the shift from modernity’s visual regime to a neoliberal 21st-century knowledge economy increasingly shaped by sound and ...

A recent study published using data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ... every atom and molecule has a distinct spectral signature that can be used to identify them.

The James Webb Space Telescope was late to launch, but the observatory is making up for lost time. After several years of operation, Webb has captured some truly stunning cosmic vistas ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected molecules in K2-18b's atmosphere that are associated with life on Earth. Astronomers at the University of Cambridge in England announced ...

Webb spotted ... a clear light signature — but it does. This surprising beacon may force astronomers to rethink how the early Universe evolved. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com An ...

Using the James Webb ... for the chemical signature of the molecules. Madhusudhan said the data the study team analyzed will be released next week, so other astronomers can do just that. Next, ...

When astronomers search for evidence of life beyond Earth, what signs are they seeking? Would clues be traced to microfossils trapped within ancient Martian rocks, swim in waters of an ocean world ...

Betty Webb was bored—“terribly bored,” as she later put it. It was the Blitz. Germany was dropping bombs on London, and she was halfway across the country at college learning how to cook and ...