Commentary on A.J. Burgasser et al., "Observation of undepleted phosphine in the atmosphere of a low-temperature brown dwarf.

When astronomers pointed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at a faint object orbiting a distant star system, they weren’t ...

In new research published in Science, a team of astronomers report the detection of a surprising substance in a brown dwarf ...

For the first time, scientists have detected trace amounts of phosphine—a molecule that, on Earth, is produced only by living beings—in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf. Wolf 1130C is an ancient brown ...

JWST's detection of phosphine on a brown dwarf, also known as a "failed star," could have repercussions for the claimed ...

Astronomers were astonished to find an abundance of phosphine, a molecule produced by microbes on Earth, in the atmosphere of ...

The detection of the molecule phosphine in a brown dwarf’s atmosphere may help astronomers in their search for life elsewhere in the Milky Way. By Katrina Miller On a brown dwarf dozens of light years ...

A mysterious molecule discovered on a brown dwarf challenges the potential existence of life on Venus, further complicating ...

Phosphorus is one of six key elements necessary for life on Earth. When combined with hydrogen, phosphorus forms the molecule phosphine (PH3), an ...

Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth's inhospitable neighbor, a tantalizing sign of ...