For decades, astronomers have chased fleeting hints that something alive might be lurking beyond Earth, only to watch each ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Scientists have announced the detection of dimethyl sulfide—a chemical that, on Earth, is only produced ...

LONDON (AP) - Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they caution more work is needed to confirm their findings. The research, led ...

Hints of life may have just flickered into view from a world 124 light-years away, and the signal is coming through the James ...

New JWST data strengthens earlier hints that K2-18b, a possible water world 120 light-years away, could host the chemical byproducts of life. Reading time 3 minutes Look alive: The James Webb Space ...

Dimethyl sulfide, also known as DMS, sounds like it could be a chemical compound you’d try to avoid on an ingredient label or the poisonous ingredient in a murder mystery. But some scientists view ...

TL;DR: Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope detected molecules dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulphide in exoplanet K2-18b's atmosphere, which on Earth are produced only by life. While ...

Dimethyl sulfide is cool—and a potential biosignature—but scientists are urging caution before we declare a plankton party some 120 light-years away. Reading time 5 minutes Last week, researchers ...

Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and its cleavage product dimethylsulfide (DMS) are pivotal organosulfur compounds that influence marine biogeochemical cycles and global climate regulation. DMSP, ...