By studying sulfur-based molecules in space, scientists are working to understand the chemical processes that might have led to the formation of life on Earth. advertisement Phys.org ...

Researchers have created a "fingerprint" of a sulfur-based molecule found in space that may offer new clues about the formation of life on Earth, a new study reports. Sulfur is an essential ...

As is this detection of DMS—especially considering that, if we were to find signs of life on other worlds, K2-18 b is exactly the kind of world we’d expect to find it on.

Researchers at the universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht have observed the formation of nanocavities in montmorillonite clay ...

Life is thought to have begun when RNA began replicating itself, and researchers have got close to achieving this in the lab ...

Every living thing on Earth depends on water, but why is that? Department of Chemistry Assistant Professor Nicholas Borotto studies biochemistry, and explains why water is an important molecule for ...

Hydrogen cyanide is a molecule that appears to be at the heart of the creation of life. To create it, scientists need a burst of energy the equivalent of an endless lightning storm.

HERE’S THE BACKGROUND — Dimethyl ether is an organic molecule formed from nine atoms, making it the largest molecule ever detected in a planet-forming disc. It is the precursor of prebiotic ...

The Nuts and Bolts of DNA Replication: Whether it is a microbe, a rose, or a dolphin, any form of life gets its building and operating instructions from the molecule of life, DNA.DNA comprises the ...

Astronomers have for the first time discovered carbon-based molecules – and a molecule hinting at the possibility of life – in the atmosphere of an exoplanet in the habitable zone. The ...

Researchers have created a "fingerprint" of a sulfur-based molecule found in space that may offer new clues about the formation of life on Earth.