James Webb Space Telescope could find signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds

SPACE.COM - Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could provide the best chance for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect biosignatures, according to a new study. Those potential signs of life are a group of chemicals called methyl halides, which...
By Paul Sutter | Space.com |

Alien life could be hiding in gases on faraway planets - breakthrough revelation

GB NEWS - Scientists have discovered that alien existence could be hiding in gases on distant planets. New research suggests extraterrestrial beings might exist in gases called methyl halides on faraway worlds. Researchers believe this approach could provide a relatively quick and easy way to examine potential signs of life beyond Earth. On Earth, methyl...

By Georgina Cutler | GB News |

Weird planets may be the best place to look for strange alien life, according to new research

EARTH.COM - Scientists have searched for alien life for years, but space is huge, and technology has limits, making it hard to find answers. Traditionally, researchers have focused on finding planets similar to Earth, believing that conditions mirroring our own would be the best place to look for life. However, a new study suggests that...
By Eric Ralls | Earth.com |

"Purple Earth" hypothesis is gaining momentum in the scientific community

EARTH.COM - Strange as it sounds, some scientists think the earliest life forms on Earth may have painted our planet in shades of purple rather than the green we see today. This idea, known as the Purple Earth hypothesis, suggests that single-celled organisms depended on a less complex molecule than chlorophyll to harness sunlight. NASA-supported...
By Eric Ralls | Earth.com |

Evidence of alien life became one of 2024’s hot topics—could 2025 be the year we learn we’re not alone?

THE DEBRIEF - On New Year’s Eve 2023, amid appearances by Joss Stone and Rod Steward on Jools Holland’s holiday ‘Musical Hootenanny’, a major 2024 revelation was alluded to: soon, we might learn that we aren’t alone in the universe. The insinuations that the discovery of alien life could be imminent all followed news from...
By Micah Hanks | The Debrief |

Carbon Dioxide May Have Squelched E.T.’s Evolution In The Milky Way

FORBES - Carbon Dioxide is often vilified as a bugaboo greenhouse gas. But its presence here on early earth is likely one of the reasons we are here to talk about it. Carbon dioxide, or CO2, was likely needed in large quantities in earth’s early atmosphere to raise temperatures sufficiently to enable the onset of...
By Bruce Dorminey | Forbes |

Alien-hunters given 3D space map showing where extraterrestrials may be hiding

THE U.S. SUN - Scientists have created a 3D illustration charting a list of nearby stars that may be hosting "habitable" alien worlds. They used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to identify these planets. It involved finding stars that are close enough to Earth that we could use future telescopes to take images of...
By Sean Keach | U.S. Sun |

These nearby star systems could be good targets in the search for alien life

LIVE SCIENCE - NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has created a three-dimensional map of stars close to the sun that may help astronomers search for alien planets that could host life. The map created by Chandra — which just celebrated 25 years in orbit but is facing a troubling budget crunch — could inform scientists...
By Robert Lea | Live Science |

Greenhouse gases could indicate alien life — if we ever find them

ASTRONOMY - In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, astronomers propose looking for greenhouse gases in the atmospheres of exoplanets using tools like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). But rather than searching for an advanced species suffering the consequences of climate change, such gases might be a sign of something else: terraforming...
By John Wenz | Astronomy |

Scientists Identify Greenhouse Gases Which Could Signal an Inhabited Planet

ANCIENT ORIGINS - While we have yet to identify life on any other planet or anywhere else in space, a new study has revealed the telltale signs which could indicate a planet being inhabited. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) discovered that greenhouse gases, much like the ones emitted by our very own...
By Petros Koutoupis | Ancient Origins |
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