EPFL atmospheric and climate scientists show that biological particles may induce rain events that could contribute to flooding and snowstorms, owing to their ability to precipitate ice formation in ...

Clouds form upon existing particles in the atmosphere and extreme weather events like flooding and snowstorms are related to ...

A new study involving the University of Liverpool reveals striking temperature shifts across both the oceans and the ...

Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, have detected the chemical fingerprints of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and/or dimethyl disulfide ...

While an unknown chemical process may be the source of these molecules in K2-18b's atmosphere, the results are the strongest evidence yet that life may exist on a planet outside our solar system.

The paper is to its credit sedate in its prognostications: the authors have reported detecting the presence of dimethyl sulphide or dimethyl disulphide in K2-18b’s atmosphere; the former is ...

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Even in the best of circumstances, however, talk of a biosignature is an invitation to scientists to think of alternative ...

An illustration of a hycean planet like K2-18b: a habitable ocean-covered world underneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere. Credit A ... although we must remain open to non-biological causes in that ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, have detected the chemical fingerprints of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and/or dimethyl disulfide ...

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