Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

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

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), in collaboration with astrophysicists from the ...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has mapped a magnetic ...

CERN's ALICE collaboration reveals how fragile deuterons survive high-energy collisions, impacting models of cosmic rays and ...

Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies ...

"Our results show that a 13-atom molecule structurally similar to those in comets already exists in a young, starless ...

We know what will happen to the Sun and our Solar System because we can look outward into the galaxy and examine older ...

Deep in the dark spaces between stars, astronomers have spotted a sulfur-bearing ring that should not be there, at least not ...

Voyager 1 keeps moving farther from Earth than any human-made object. Launched in 1977, it flew by Jupiter and Saturn, sending back images and information that changed our understanding of the outer ...