In the heart of our galaxy, scientists have discovered the largest sulfur-bearing molecule ever detected beyond Earth, with ...

Passages of the Solar System have only been established in three interstellar objects, but the construction of new telescopes ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In an earlier blog post about Christopher ...

A nuclear engineer reacts to a thought-provoking idea explored by Kurzgesagt: could humanity unknowingly exist within a ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

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NASA's most distant spacecraft had a critical thruster problem far from home. Fixing it required a long-distance call to overcome extreme cold and dwindling power. When you purchase through links on ...

"Interstellar navigation is a complex, systematic engineering task. Breakthroughs in a single discipline cannot support the ...

Zhu Junqiang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and dean of the newly established School of Space ...