Cold cosmic dust grains can link amino acids into protein‑like chains in deep space, suggesting life’s chemistry may begin ...

On5, 2006, NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned to Earth to drop off a capsule that contained the first samples of a comet and ...

New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists found that simple amino acids bond into peptides on interstellar dust, long ...

New polarimetry data on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveals bizarre refractory dust, proving this alien visitor formed in a ...

Interstellar dust like that seen in the Carina Nebula may have supplied some of Earth's amino acids. Earlier studies have revealed high concentrations of these organic materials in asteroids and ...

Astronomers are preparing for a rare cosmic event on January 22, when interstellar object 3I/ATLAS will align closely with ...

New research suggests that amino acids, the fundamental components of life, may have arrived on Earth carried by interstellar dust grains, possibly contributing to the origins of life as we know it.

An instrument built by the University of Colorado Boulder will soon launch on a NASA space mission where it will aim to collect interstellar dust particles hurtling through space at an average of 16 ...

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder is gathering at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning for a planned launch of their IDEX space device. The IDEX, short for ...