Astronomers have detected the oldest known examples of complex organic molecules in the universe, a new study reports. These chemicals — much like ones found in smoke and soot on Earth — reside within ...

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 ...

Using data collected by NASA’s late-great Cassini space probe, scientists have detected traces of complex organic molecules seeping out from Enceladus’ ice-covered ocean. It’s yet another sign that ...

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 ...

The chemicals reside within a galaxy that formed when the universe was about 10% of its current age. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...