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

The detection of the molecule phosphine in a brown dwarf’s atmosphere may help astronomers in their search for life elsewhere ...

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 ...

Astronomers said they had found "undepleted phosphine," a molecule associated with life, on Earth in the atmosphere of a ...

Even before the first stars lit up the Universe, the Cosmos was not the cold place most researchers once imagined. New ...

The finding suggests phosphine—a potential biosignature—shouldn’t be viewed as evidence of alien life until natural, ...

Northern lights, or auroras, are not exclusive to Earth. Astronomers have already detected this phenomenon on most planets ...

The first-time finding of appreciable amounts of phosphine in a brown dwarf suggests it may be too soon to use the molecule ...

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

The system, named UPM J1040−3551 AabBab, is located about 82 light-years from Earth. The two pairs—the brown dwarfs and the ...

Brown dwarfs are known as “failed stars” owing to an absence of central hydrogen burning. They bridge the gap between planets and stars. Some brown dwarfs are found to maintain kilogauss magnetic ...

In new research published in Science, a team of astronomers report the detection of a surprising substance in a brown dwarf known as Wolf 1130C: a chemical called phosphine, which has been the focus ...