Paleontologists have long assumed that fossilization destroys all organic molecules in ancient remains. However, a ...

Organic molecules delivered from extraterrestrial materials may have played a key role in supplying building blocks for life ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from ...

An international team of scientists has analyzed a sample of the asteroid Ryugu and found that the sample is rich with organic molecules. Organic molecules are the building blocks of all currently ...

Deep inside a nearby galaxy, a black hole sits behind a thick wall of dust. Almost all its light gets trapped. Yet the chemistry inside that buried core still leaves tracks you can read, if you look ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

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 ...

Thin layers of organic molecules can be fabricated over large areas at low cost, and their electrical and optical properties can be chemically tuned with ease. These characteristics make organic ...

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 ...