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

Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients for life may exist long before planets are formed.

These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

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

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

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

SpaceX is targeting a mid-June initial public offering that would coincide with a rare planetary alignment and founder Elon ...

Researchers estimate that the planet has about a 50% chance of being in its star's Hoble zone.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young star flinging heat-formed crystals outward on a cosmic conveyor belt, ...

Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which ...

Previous Spitzer studies have indicated the formation of complex molecules in the Helix Nebula.