Carbon and natural graphene have been found in lunar dust for the first time, opening up new opportunities for moon ...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max ...

Astronomers using ALMA have discovered complex organic molecules, including potential precursors to life's building blocks, ...

Astronomers have discovered signs of complex organic molecules, considered precursors to sugars and amino acids, within a planet-forming disc. Using the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...

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At a conservative estimate, it contains three times the amount of water of all the oceans on our surface. A new study may ...

Although carbon-rich asteroids are common in space, they account for less than 5% of the meteorites that reach Earth. To ...

Astronomers have found key organic molecules in a young star’s disk, V883 Orionis, suggesting that the origin of life in deep space.

This newborn planetary system is emerging around the young star HOPS-315, which sits some 1,300 light years away from Earth. Around such young stars, astronomers often see discs of gas and dust known ...

In a star system far, far away—well, about 1,300 light-years from here—a young star just spilled the chemical tea on the ...

Chemical evolution begins before planets are formed: The findings suggest that protoplanetary discs inherit and further ...

Tentative detections of life-linked molecules in a star’s disk suggest planets may form with the ingredients for life already ...