New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists ...

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

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, ...

Gamma radiation can convert methane into a wide variety of products at room temperature, including hydrocarbons, oxygen-containing molecules, and amino acids, reports a research team. This type of ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uses near-infrared imaging to penetrate dust clouds, revealing the formation of massive ...

Astronomers are preparing for a rare cosmic event on January 22, when interstellar object 3I/ATLAS will align closely with ...

NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

Molecular emission lines from mysterious icy objects captured by the ALMA telescope. The background image is an infrared composite color map, where 1.2-micron light is shown in cyan and 4.5-micron ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured images of Lupus 3, showing T Tauri stars and gas-dust regions, providing data on early ...

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For the first time, astronomers have captured X-ray portraits of a comet from beyond our solar system, are providing a ...