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 ...

Fresh “complex organic molecules” have been spotted coming out of a nearby moon that scientists believe could be home to alien life. On Earth, the same molecules are part of the chemical reactions ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 66, No. 2 (February 2021), pp. 335-348 (14 pages) Phytoplankton are major contributors of labile dissolved organic matter to marine euphotic zone ecosystems.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Complex organic molecules that form part of the chain of chemical reactions that can result in ...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has discovered complex organic ...

This artist’s impression shows the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis. In the outermost part of the disc, volatile gases are frozen out as ice, which contains complex organic molecules.

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) ...

Saturn's moon, Enceladus, could harbour alien life deep within its underground oceans, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). Although the moon may appear barren, near the South Pole, tiny ...