The atmosphere of planets across the system and beyond was known to have some elements in abundance and some in scarcity. A team of researchers detected phosphine in the atmosphere of an ancient, cool ...

For the first time, scientists have detected trace amounts of phosphine—a molecule that, on Earth, is produced only by living beings—in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf. Wolf 1130C is an ancient brown ...

Northern lights, or auroras, are not exclusive to Earth. Astronomers have already detected this phenomenon on most planets and many moons in our solar system. Now, an international research team has ...

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The finding suggests phosphine—a potential biosignature—shouldn’t be viewed as evidence of alien life until natural, non-biological sources are ruled out. Reading time 5 minutes For scientists, the ...

NEW YORK (AP) - A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine. Astronomers since ...

Schematic of the Wolf 1130ABC triple system, composed of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A (l), its close and compact white dwarf companion Wolf 1130B (c), and the distant brown dwarf tertiary Wolf 1130C ...