exoplanet
Alien ‘Aqua Worlds’ Covered in Habitable Seawater More Abundant Than We Imagined, Study Proposes
"It would be fair to say that we have seen the light for finding habitable planets," the study's co-authors say.
NASA Detects CO2 in Alien World’s Atmosphere for the First Time
The landmark detection paves the way to finding habitable exoplanets that might already host extraterrestrial life.
Wild First Image of Disk Around Alien Planet Looks Like the Eye of Sauron
The new image represents the first clear detection of a moon-forming disk around an exoplanet.
Scientists Discovered an 'Improbable' World That Shouldn't Exist
This Neptune-sized exoplanet, which inexplicably exists in an ultrahot 'Neptune desert,' could provide researchers with answers they've been seeking for years.
Scientists Have Observed the Exposed Core of a Giant Planet
If a normal planet is an avocado, then all that remains (or maybe all that ever existed) of the bizarre planet TOI-849B is the pit.
New Oxygen-Hunting Technique Could Tell If Distant Planets Are ‘Alive or Not’
"Oxygen is one of the most exciting molecules to detect because of its link with life, but we don't know if life is the only cause of oxygen in an atmosphere.”
Stop Saying 'Humans Suck' Because of Climate Change, Says Astrobiologist
Adam Frank’s new book Light of the Stars explores how the search for intelligent alien life in the universe can help humans combat climate change on Earth.
Proxima B May Not Be Such a Great Second Home For Humanity After All
Unless you like radiation blasts to the face.
Capitalism Will Ruin Other Planets After It Ruins Earth
The search for habitable planets is driven by capitalism's failures
Simulations Predict a Hemisphere-Wide Thunderstorm on Proxima B
Simulations suggest that the closest Earth-like exoplanet would be habitable under a far greater range of orbital and atmospheric conditions than previously assumed.
The VICE Morning Bulletin
Trump launches a missile attack on Syria, Twitter sues the US government to stop the unmasking of an account, scientists identify a planet with an atmosphere, and more.