Several new studies on a near-Earth asteroid are offering fresh clues about the early solar system. Samples from the asteroid, named Bennu, were delivered to Earth by NASA’S OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in ...

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, ...

The chemical foundations of life could be found in the frigid pockets of molecular clouds that exist in the space between ...

Astronomers have discovered key components to life's building blocks swirling around a remote baby star, hinting that the stuff of life is far more prevalent throughout the universe than once thought.

Sugars essential for life were found for the first time alongside “space gum” on an asteroid hurtling towards Earth, indicating that our universe could be teeming with life, according to new research.

Two papers published at the end of January in Nature and Nature Astronomy provide evidence about the origin of life. The analyses and inferences from their results affect the disciplines of biology, ...

This is a colored view of the C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu, seen by the ONC-T camera on board of Hayabusa2. Filters: vwx date:2018-07-12 08:01 Image level: 2b (Images after hardware correction and ...

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

The asteroid, named Bennu, contains sugars necessary for the development of life as well as a “gum-like” substance never before found on any space rock Samples of Bennu were first delivered to earth ...

Complex organic molecules found floating around a distant protostar could mean that space is far richer in life's precursors than scientists assumed. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...