Researchers have come up with a color-coded key that could prove crucial in detecting signs of life on exoplanet clouds.

Researchers at Cornell University have developed the first-ever reflectance spectra — essentially a color-coded key — of the ...

Astronomers have recently detected potential signs of microbial life on the exoplanet K2-18b, an ocean-covered world located ...

Cloud cover is bad for picnics and for viewing stars through a telescope. But an exoplanet with dense or even total cloud ...

An exoplanet completely or densely covered by clouds could aid astronomers in their search for signs of life beyond Earth. Cloudy skies may spoil a picnic or block a view of the stars through a ...

Canadian astronomical research is getting a big boost with the return of Sara Seager to Canada after around 20 years at MIT.

Clouds may spoil a picnic or block our view of the stars, but they could also help scientists discover life on distant ...

A superconducting kinetic inductance detector improves sensitivity limits needed for observing cold astrophysical objects, ...

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

A global team of astronomers led by a Turkish scientist has discovered four new exoplanets, one of which lies within the ...

Scientists have detected the first direct evidence of a coronal mass ejection from a star beyond our Sun, specifically the M dwarf StKM1-1262. This ma ...

“Biopigments are universal,” Coelho said. “They help life survive radiation, dryness, and other stresses. Now we have a new way to look for them—through the clouds of distant worlds. If life looks ...