THE key ingredients for life may be scattered across the universe in more places than first thought, according to a new study ...

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a new Earth-like exoplanet, Proxima b, located in the Alpha Centauri system. This ...

The most significant molecules found are ethylene glycol and glyconitrize—both of which are ingredients for compounds in DNA ...

Key materials for life which were previously only found on Earth were discovered circling a baby star, and now boffins think ...

"The existence of any vesicles on Titan would demonstrate an increase in order and complexity, which are conditions necessary ...

Although carbon-rich asteroids are common in space, they account for less than 5% of the meteorites that reach Earth. To unravel this mystery, an international team of scientists launched a global ...

In the 1950s, Stanley Miller and Nobel laureate Harold Urey conducted experiments at the University of Chicago in which they ...

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

Tales of the Shire lets players live a cozy hobbit life, but a lot of work went into making it feel so simple.

MP Materials, which runs the only American rare earths mine, announced a new $500 million agreement with tech giant Apple on Tuesday to produce more of the powerful magnets used in iPhones as well as ...

Scale, collaborations and specialism are key ingredients that she and her team are betting on, Kate Ward, managing director, ...

New observations fail to confirm signs of life in the atmosphere of the distant planet K2-18b. They also raise questions ...