U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

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"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope spotted possible signatures for life in an exoplanet's atmosphere. Still, researchers caution ...

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