"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients for life may exist long before planets are formed.

These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

Cold cosmic dust grains can link amino acids into protein‑like chains in deep space, suggesting life’s chemistry may begin ...

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

Previous Spitzer studies have indicated the formation of complex molecules in the Helix Nebula.

Astronomers have long faced a strange contradiction: most stars are born in pairs, and ...

New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...

Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...