Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
World 10:59 25/05/2025When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant planet, the rare good news raised hopes humanity could soon learn we are not alone in the universe.
NASA rover finds fresh evidence of the warm and wet past of Mars
World 09:56 18/04/2025WASHINGTON -- A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter ancient past when it boasted substantial bodies of water and potentially harbored life.
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet
World 12:29 17/04/2025In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet's atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes.
Webb telescope documents alien planet's death plunge into a star
World 16:23 13/04/2025WASHINGTON - In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the time, they believed the planet met its doom as the star puffed up late in its lifespan, becoming what is called a red giant.
