Phosphine has caused quite a stir in the astronomical world lately. That was largely due to its (still hotly debated) ...

Previous research suggests that brown dwarfs should contain phosphine—which forms when phosphorus combines with ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

A strange cosmic object nicknamed “The Accident” has given scientists their first glimpse of a rare silicon-based molecule long expected in the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, and other giant planets.

Now a team of researchers, led by University of California San Diego Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Adam Burgasser, has reported the detection of phosphine in the atmosphere of a cool, ...

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

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