This astrobite will summarize the recent constraints of biosignatures on K2-18 b, answer important questions like “are there aliens?” and “how bad does this biosignature smell?”, and discuss some critiques it has drawn.
Was Venus always a formidable hellscape, or did it once have a temperate climate with liquid water on its surface?
The authors of today’s paper explore how students are using AI to aid them in their introductory physics course, how that usage impacts their scores, and how these students feel about the current landscape of AI as it pertains to their educational experiences.
The authors of today’s paper put forth theoretical models of how habitable exoplanets might appear to the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) using the molecules present in the Earth’s atmosphere from earlier eons, and test if HWO will be able to detect these molecules in simulated observations.
The SPECULOOS team shines with their latest detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the ultra cool dwarf host star, SPECULOOS-3!