The most significant molecules found are ethylene glycol and glyconitrize—both of which are ingredients for compounds in DNA ...

A recent study reveals that the hot springs of Ladakh's Puga Valley may hold clues to the origin of life on Earth and ...

The key ingredients for life may be scattered across the universe in more places than first thought, according to a new study ...

THE key ingredients for life may be scattered across the universe in more places than first thought, according to a new study ...

"We found that hundreds of exoplanets are larger than they appear, and that shifts our understanding of exoplanets on a large scale," University of California, Irvine researcher and team leader Te Han ...

For decades, scientists believed water was the essential cradle for life. But new research suggests life’s building blocks ...

In a star system far, far away—well, about 1,300 light-years from here—a young star just spilled the chemical tea on the ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, appears to have the right ingredients and conditions for a certain kind of tiny bubble to form ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have discovered complex organic molecules, precursors to life, in space, challenging previous assumptions about life's origins.

Up to 200 worlds investigated by NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite could be bigger than predicted, a finding that could impact our search for alien life.

Alejandra Guerra never imagined she would launch a candle brand. But destiny led her there in 2019, when a surprise date to a ...

Although carbon-rich asteroids are common in space, they account for less than 5% of the meteorites that reach Earth. To unravel this mystery, an international team of scientists launched a global ...