JWST could potentially detect the signature of methyl halide compounds, produced by microbial life in Earth's ocean, on ...

Scientists are rethinking how to detect alien life by focusing on planets vastly different from Earth. Instead of searching ...

Considering humans don't have a spacecraft capable of traveling to planets beyond the solar system, scientists have to get ...

UC Riverside scientists identify a new way to detect life in outer space with currently existing telescopes. The method ...

Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.

The James Webb Space Telescope could potentially detect signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds, possibly the most ...

What can methyl halides, which are gases that consist of one carbon and three hydrogen atoms while being attached to a ...