Scientists have identified 14 of the 20 amino acids used by terrestrial life, as well as the five nucleic acid bases that make up DNA and RNA. These molecules, although not alive, indicate that the ...

I mean, we’re fully confident, finally, in these detections of the building blocks of life. FLORA LICHTMAN ... But when you see it with your eye, it doesn’t look quite real. It’s so dark, it looks ...

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific ...

Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Patty Murray, D-Wash., wrote in a statement the NIH policy change amounts to ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical ... such as those following flooding or precipitation. To further test real-world conditions, the team simulated ...

Polyester microdroplets, possible precursors to life, were formed from alpha-hydroxy ... To further test real-world conditions, the team simulated reactions in salinities resembling those in ...

1. A hot water extract from an asteroid Bennu sample was found to contain an "exceptionally high" and "surprising abundance" of ammonia, which is a key chemical building block for life.

Lego blocks have been dubbed ‘anti-LGBT’. However, the tour has taken aim at Lego blocks because the children’s toy has “male or female parts which “mate” with each other. The tour ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life, but also the salty remains of an ancient ... the ones from Bennu are valid — “real extraterrestrial organic ...