Perhaps we are not alone? A sensational discovery

124 light years from Earth, in the dark vastness of the universe, an alien planet has revealed a secret that could forever change our understanding of the cosmos. K2-18b, a distant and mysterious world, has shown chemical traces of two compounds in its atmosphere that, on Earth, are produced exclusively by life forms: dimethyl sulphide […]

Longest organic molecules ever found discovered on Mars

An extraordinary discovery has been made on the Red Planet: complex organic molecules, the longest ever identified on its surface, have been detected on Mars. They were identified by an international research team led by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), thanks to data collected by NASA's Curiosity rover. The study [...]