09 November 2018
Leftover gas from the Sun's birth created Earth's water
... of Earth's water. Although we have only scratched the surface in our hunt for Earth-like worlds in other exo-systems, many of the 3,800 planets we’ve found so far appear to be rocky bodies not significantly different from our...
04 May 2020
Exoplanets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres could harbour life
... with difficulties. Currently, scientists primarily use one of two methods to understand the chemical composition of an exo-atmosphere; the transmission spectroscopy or direct imaging techniques, the latter of which is extremely challenging and...