If there's one chemical that causes excitement in the search for biosignatures on other worlds, it's methane. It's not a…
Astrophysicists working with the JWST have found a surprising amount of metal in a galaxy only 350 million years after…
Astronomers are working hard to understand biosignatures and how they indicate life's presence on an exoplanet. But each planet we…
Earth was once entirely molten. Planetary scientists call this phase in a planet's evolution a magma ocean, and Earth may…
Most planets and moons in the Solar System are clearly dead and totally unsuitable for life. Earth is the only…
Methanol is one of our most extensively used raw materials. It's used as a solvent, a pesticide, and in combination…
Despite decades of warnings and international climate agreements, global carbon emissions are still rising. Carbon emissions seem like an unstoppable…
When astronomers used the JWST to look at a galaxy more than 12 billion light years away, they were also…
The habitable zone is the region around a star where planets can maintain liquid water on their surface. It's axiomatic…
New research shows that carbon was more abundant in the early Universe than previously thought, a find that could have…