Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients for life may exist long before planets are formed.

The gas between stars has now been found to contain a 13-atom sulfur ring that adds to a long-standing gap between the simple ...

Cold cosmic dust grains can link amino acids into protein‑like chains in deep space, suggesting life’s chemistry may begin ...

Scientists find that deep molten rock can power long-lasting magnetic fields, helping large rocky planets hold onto their ...

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

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Much of the universe's regular "baryonic" matter is spread through intergalactic space and in diffuse halos around galaxies, researchers proposed after studying the behavior of fast radio bursts ...