A distant chemical signature, captured by the infrared eye of the James Webb Space Telescope, has just opened a new window onto the molecular universe. For the first time, an international team ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a trove of complex organic molecules frozen in ice around a ...

They built four models through which it could distinguish things with biological antecedents from things which lacked them.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method ...

A fantastic new discovery has given astronomy an unexpected window into the formation of life-precursor molecules in an ...

Using AI and advanced chemistry, scientists uncovered 3.3-billion-year-old chemical traces that mark the earliest evidence of ...

Chains of up to a dozen carbon atoms have been detected in what appears to have been an ancient lakebed on Mars, contributing to a growing library of compounds that could be a vital clue about the ...

Researchers and astronomers have consistently detected the presence of organic molecules in space, hinting at life's ...

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A team led by an astronomer from the University of Maryland has, for the first time, detected large complex organic molecules frozen in ice beyond the Milky Way, providing new insight into the ...