A pair of new studies suggest that key steps toward life’s chemistry may begin long before planets exist. Experiments ...

In A Nutshell Ancient frozen chemistry: New analysis of pristine samples from asteroid Bennu suggests its amino acids formed ...

A new study offers a look at how the building blocks of life might ...

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

"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models." ...

Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an asteroid called Bennu, delivered to Earth in 2023 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx ...

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.

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

Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential for life as we know it can form readily in space. This discovery, ...

If there's life elsewhere in the universe, why can't we find it? The Fermi Paradox is called a paradox precisely because it's tough to reconcile the optimism of the Drake Equation with the deafening ...