Researchers have identified a new complex molecule in space called cyanocoronene. It is a type of hydrocarbon composed of ...

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery in deep space, identifying a large organic molecule that could be a crucial ...

Billions of years ago, a rock crack exuding heat could have brought different biomolecules together to kickstart protein ...

Molecules precursors to life discovered in the Perseus Cloud. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 04 / 230403100254.htm ...

About 3.9 billion years ago, Earth was pummeled by asteroids — some of which may have carried molecules like nitriles that could help form the earliest building blocks of life.

Micrometeorites are thought to shower down on planets throughout the universe, so the discovery that they help protocells ...

Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five years ago. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of the chemical building blocks of life.

Did life on Earth arrive on a comet? Key molecules could have been delivered by 'bouncing' space rocks - and scientists say the same could happen to other planets in the Milky Way ...

In the journal ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, researchers now propose a new model of how the molecules of life may have developed their “handedness.” This sense of a molecule’s right- or ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of the chemical building blocks of life. CNN values your feedback 1.