While the Earth absorbs a lot of energy from the Sun, a lot of it is reflected back into space.…
The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope ever launched into space. That power has led to a…
Earth's oxygen-rich atmosphere does more than provide the foundation for complex life. The oxygen in the atmosphere is so reactive…
The on-again, off-again detection of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus appears to be off-again – for now. The latest…
Everybody's heard of methane. It's a major part of the atmosphere in places like Uranus and Neptune. On Earth, it's…
Astronomers have spotted barium in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet. With its 56 protons, you have to run your…
Finding oxygen in an exoplanet's atmosphere is a clue that life may be at work. On Earth, photosynthetic organisms absorb…
Will we discover simple life somewhere? Maybe on Enceladus or Europa in our Solar System, or further away on an…
People often seem surprised when they learn that NASA doesn't just look out to the other planets, stars, and galaxies.…
The next step to understanding exoplanets is to understand their atmospheres better. Astronomers can determine a planet's mass, density, and…