Astrophysicists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) and the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) have ...

Deep in the cold, dusty spaces between stars where no planets exist and no ...

New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, ...

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

Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some ...

Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential ...

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

The origin of life is surely one of the most important questions in biology. How did inanimate molecules give rise to the ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a tantalizing venue for humankind’s search for life beyond Earth. Mars today ...