Scientists have taken a big step towards figuring out where building blocks of life such as amino acids and amines form in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

An amino acid has been produced in a lab by warming analogs of ices found in the freezing conditions of interstellar gas clouds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Amino acids have been found in interstellar clouds and in meteorites – but with some enigmatic omissions and tantalizing similarities to life on Earth. Just why some amino acids are present in ...

A big question in the origin of life on Earth is why it is based solely on "left-handed" amino acids. Studies on asteroid Bennu's chemical building blocks deepens the mystery. Credit: Christoph ...