02-10-2025 20:30 via nytimes.com

What a Phosphine Signal in a Brown Dwarf’s Clouds Means for the Search for Life

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

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