In 1980, two children and 29 crew members aboard a grain freighter became ill. They had been exposed to phosphine – a ...

Phosphine has caused quite a stir in the astronomical world lately. That was largely due to its (still hotly debated) detection in the atmosphere of Venus. While the only known way for phosphine to be ...

The mechanistic foundation behind the identity of a phosphine ligand that best promotes a desired reaction outcome is often non-intuitive, and thus has been addressed in numerous experimental and ...

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. By Katrina Miller On a brown dwarf dozens of light years ...

A chemical you've likely never heard of has burst into the news thanks to scientists' announcement that they have detected phosphine, which they say may be a sign of life, in the clouds of Venus.

Venus as seen by ESA's Venus Express in 2007. More traces of a gas thought to be a sign of life have been found in the clouds and haze layers of Venus. They come primarily from the first 50 of 200 ...

Scientists say they have found more evidence of gas molecules on Venus that could, among other things, point to the possibility of life on the planet. Venus, the closest planet to Earth, has an ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Venus is often called Earth’s sister planet, a neighboring twin of similar density and size. But the resemblance stops there. As the hottest planet in our solar system, the choking Venusian atmosphere ...

The planet Venus is in so many ways an enigma. It’s a sister planet to Earth and also within relatively easy reach of our instruments and probes, yet we nevertheless know precious little about what is ...

The widely-publicized detection of phosphine gas on Venus – a possible "biosignature" suggesting the hellish planet could have living microbes in its clouds – was probably caused by an entirely ...

Sulfur, long feared as a "poison" that shuts down precious metal catalysts, can actually help them work better when ...