In a star system far, far away—well, about 1,300 light-years from here—a young star just spilled the chemical tea on the origins of life. V883 Orionis, a fiery infant star surrounded by a swirling ...

Dubai: In a groundbreaking discovery that's reshaping our view of the cosmos, astronomers have pinpointed a remarkably dense system of five rocky planets circling a diminutive, cool star known as L 98 ...

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

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have found complex organic molecules—key ingredients for life—around a young star ...

Glass isn't as easy to recycle as we might think, so we need as many ways to turn it into new products as we can devise.

In this column I have often borrowed from my great-grandmother’s guide, “The Successful Housekeeper,” published in Detroit, Michigan, in 1886. I suspect the chapters I chose — elaborate instructions ...

The evolution of life may have its origins in outer space, suggests a new study. Astronomers have found signs of complex organic molecules (COMs) - precursors to sugars and amino acids, which are ...

So, Ms. Bowman, who has since started her own firm, Cece Bowman Interiors, incorporated only some of the items, like abstract ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more fully, we might be able to harness it to heal our planet too ...

Several billion years ago, at the dawn of the solar system, a wet, salty world circled our sun. Then it collided, catastrophically, with another object and shattered into pieces. One of these lumps ...

Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do that, scientists need untouched samples—material that hasn’t been ...

A new study from Stanford suggests that life on Earth might have been kickstarted by constant zaps from “microlightning” between water droplets.