Are Hycean exoplanets, which are a combination of hydrogen and a potential liquid water ocean, less common than previously hypothesized? This is what a rec | Space ...

But those claims were quickly met with pushback. Independent analyses of the same JWST data suggested the team's evidence for ...

For years, astronomers have been excited about the idea that some planets beyond our solar system might be covered by vast, ...

Astronomers have discovered that many sub-Neptune exoplanets, once thought to host vast oceans, are far less watery than ...

A new study challenges the dream of water-rich “Hycean” planets like K2-18b, suggesting that most sub-Neptunes lose their water deep into their interiors during formation. Instead of vast oceans, ...

There is much less water on the surfaces of distant planets outside our solar system than previously thought. These ...

“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic organisms don’t require oxygen to grow. “They’d be adapted to a very different ...

Recently, the astronomical community has welcomed an exciting discovery: water vapor has been detected in the atmospheres of ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity ...

Recently, scientists made a jaw-dropping discovery: the water vapor in the atmospheres of exoplanets resembles the tiny dew ...