From constructing cell-like systems to creating genomes from scratch, synthetic biology is having a moment. What will it mean ...

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A meteorite that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home has been found to contain the chemistry of the early solar ...

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.

This artist’s impression shows the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis. In the outermost part of the disc, volatile gases are frozen out as ice, which contains complex organic molecules.

Organic molecules delivered from extraterrestrial materials may have played a key role in supplying building blocks for life on Earth. Scientists have found all five canonical nucleobases—purines ...

Scientists have discovered the building blocks of life in samples retrieved from a distant asteroid. In January 2025, scientists announced the discovery of organic molecules— the building blocks of ...

The dwarf planet is a bizarre, cryovolcanic world. However, the organic deposits discovered on its surface so far are unlikely to originate from its interior. The organic material found in a few areas ...

A graphical representation of glycine on a surface in the interstellar medium bombarded by cosmic rays to produce peptides, the building block of proteins. Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, according to research that provides some of the best ...