atmospheres

Which telescope will be 1st to find alien life? Scientists have some ideas

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A peek into the future of exoplanet science suggests the forthcoming European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is going to give us our ...

Alien technosignatures more likely to be found on oxygen-rich exoplanets. Here’s why

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Alien hunters should search for technological life on planets that possess a high oxygen abundance in their atmospheres, according to new research ...

James Webb Space Telescope could look for ‘carbon-lite’ exoplanet atmospheres in search for alien life

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Dr. Sarah Adams

When it comes to detecting the presence of liquid water on planets outside the solar system, and thus the conditions needed for ...

Some exoplanets are shrinking. Here’s why

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The air around a few planets beyond our solar system is leaking away into space, causing these worlds to get smaller, astronomers ...