Frozen complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time around a young protostar in a galaxy other than our own, thanks to the observing power of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) ...

Scientists at the New York Center for Astrobiology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have compiled years of research to help locate areas in space that have extreme potential for complex organic ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe pulled up alongside a dusty, icy lump the size of a mountain. The probe would ...

Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe pulled up alongside a dusty, icy lump the size of a mountain. The probe would follow its quarry, a comet called 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, for ...

Organic synthesis has advanced remarkably in its ability to construct pharmaceutical ingredients, natural products, agrochemicals, ligand architectures, and functional building blocks for materials ...

The molecules are building blocks of the chemical precursors of things such as RNA. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Frozen ...