Upcoming telescopes will give us more power to search for biosignatures on all the exoplanets we've found. Much of the…
In September, a team of scientists reported finding phosphine in the upper atmosphere of Venus. Phosphine can be a biomarker…
Does it feel like all eyes are on Venus these days? The discovery of the potential biomarker phosphine in the…
The discovery of phosphine in Venus' atmosphere has generated a lot of interest. It has the potential to be a…
The detection of phosphine in Venus' atmosphere was one of those quintessential moments in space science. It was an unexpected…
Modern astronomical telescopes are extraordinarly powerful. And we keep making them more powerful. With telescopes like the Extremely Large Telescope…
When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto, studying the atmosphere was a key scientific objective. Most of what we…
One of the most fascinating things about planet Earth is the way that life shapes the Earth and the Earth…
Brown dwarfs are in a tough spot. Not quite a star, not quite a planet, they occupy a place between…
Venus is unique—almost—in our Solar System because it's what's known as a "super-rotator." That means that Venus' atmosphere rotates faster…