There's nothing to get a scientist's heart pumping like a good, old-fashioned statistical debate. When it comes to topics ...

Hycean worlds are also called ocean worlds. They're planets covered in oceans that also have thick hydrogen atmospheres.

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

Astronomers detected dimethyl sulfide (DMS) on exoplanet K2-18b, sparking excitement about potential extraterrestrial life. While DMS is typically produced by biological processes, scientists urge ...

There’s always going to be a way to make something abiotically.” With these words, chemist Eleanor Browne of the University of Colorado Boulder captured the humility accompanying one of the most ...

While the molecules identified on K2-18b by the April study — dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, and dimethyl disulfide, or DMDS — are associated largely with microbial organisms on our planet ...

The biosignatures were rooted in tentative detections, and this sparked debate amongst astronomers, who were skeptical about ...

Surgical face masks became a symbol of safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. They helped prevent the spread of viruses, especially through the air.

Arguably even more exciting, however, is the discovery of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) in the planet's atmosphere. Earlier observations of K2-18b identified methane and ...

Dimethyl sulfide is cool—and a potential biosignature—but scientists are urging caution before we declare a plankton party some 120 light-years away. By Isaac Schultz Published April 23, 2025 ...

While the molecules identified on K2-18b by the April study — dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, and dimethyl disulfide, or DMDS — are associated largely with microbial organisms on our planet ...