The most significant molecules found are ethylene glycol and glyconitrize—both of which are ingredients for compounds in DNA ...

The key ingredients for life may be scattered across the universe in more places than first thought, according to a new study ...

THE key ingredients for life may be scattered across the universe in more places than first thought, according to a new study ...

"We found that hundreds of exoplanets are larger than they appear, and that shifts our understanding of exoplanets on a large scale," University of California, Irvine researcher and team leader Te Han ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, appears to have the right ingredients and conditions for a certain kind of tiny bubble to form ...

For decades, scientists believed water was the essential cradle for life. But new research suggests life’s building blocks ...

Learn about the technology that may help astronauts survive on the moon by extracting water from lunar soil and producing ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have discovered complex organic molecules, precursors to life, in space, challenging previous assumptions about life's origins.

Although carbon-rich asteroids are common in space, they account for less than 5% of the meteorites that reach Earth. To unravel this mystery, an international team of scientists launched a global ...

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, ...

Key materials for life which were previously only found on Earth were discovered circling a baby star, and now boffins think ...

Michele Dougherty, the UK's first female Astronomer Royal, believes life beyond Earth is likely, citing hidden oceans on moons like Enceladus and Ganymede.