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…
Mars is a parched planet ruled by global dust storms. It's also a frigid world, where night-time winter temperatures fall…
WASP-76b is an ultra-hot Jupiter about 640 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pisces. A few years ago it…