“Bit by bit, these tiny building blocks land on rocky planets within a newly formed solar system. If those planets happen to ...
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, ...
“For years, scientists have debated how cosmic dust forms in space,” said Mikako Matsuura of Cardiff University. “But now, with the help of the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, we may finally have ...
New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...
New research suggests that amino acids, the fundamental components of life, may have arrived on Earth carried by interstellar dust grains, possibly contributing to the origins of life as we know it.