Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like ...

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

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

Called methyl halides, the gases comprise a methyl group, which bears a carbon and three hydrogen atoms, attached to a halogen atom such as chlorine or bromine. They’re primarily produced on Earth by ...