Purple is the new green, as far as aliens are concerned, anyway. If you were asked to imagine an alien planet, it would be reasonable to imagine a green earth-like rock orbiting somewhere in a distant ...

The following essay explores an oft ignored concern in extraterrestrial research — what color would an alien’s trousers be (if he/she/it were even wearing trousers)? On June 4, Peggy Kolm posted her ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Until recently, astronomers had focussed on analyzing a planet’s reflected light for evidence that its atmosphere contained oxygen or other gases that are considered to be positive indicators for the ...

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For the first time, astronomers have detected the color of a planet beyond our solar system: It's blue, but not because there's water on its surface. It doesn't even have a "surface." Instead, the ...

NEW YORK — Call it the deep blue dot. For the first time, scientists have seen the visible color of a distant alien world. The exoplanet — called HD 189733b — is 63 light-years from Earth and a “deep ...