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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Molecule ‘that could hint at life’ and carbon dioxide found on exoplanet The exoplanet K2-18 b – which is outside the solar system – is 8.6 times as massive as Earth.

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.