If the Webb telescope detects these molecules, they may point to life
These gases — composed of carbon, hydrogen, and a halogen, like chlorine — are mostly made by bacteria, algae, fungi, and ...
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Alien life could survive on Earth-like planets circling dead stars, study suggests
Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...
Study reveals white dwarfs could host life-supporting planets
Florida Tech's Caldon Whyte is two years into a lengthy universe exploration to earn his Ph.D. in space sciences. After ...
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Alien-hunters find NEW ‘signs of life’ that would expose ETs living ‘on faraway planets’ that look nothing like Earth
So JWST would need to look for bigger exoplanets that orbit small red stars. These Hycean planets would have deep world-spanning oceans and thick atmospheres made up of hydrogen. Humans wouldn't ...
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Alien-hunters find NEW ‘signs of life’ that would expose ETs living ‘on faraway planets’ that look nothing like Earth
HUNTING for aliens is now a little easier as scientists discover a new sign that gives away life on far-off planets. This illustration shows a potential 'Hycean world' – the kind that might show ...
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Strange aliens could be hiding in gases, scientists say
It would not be possible to see them on Earth-like planets, which are too small and dim to see with the Webb telescope. But other worlds, known as Hycean planets, could be possible places to search.
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Water Formed Much Sooner After the Big Bang Than We Thought, Scientists Say—Which May Mean Life Did, Too
Planets that emerged from the molecular clouds left behind by those early supernovae might have had habitable conditions because of the presence of water in those clouds. Life (at least as we know ...