Science ❯ Life Sciences

Origin of Life

Extraterrestrial Life Prebiotic Chemistry Geology Building Blocks of Life Extreme Environments RNA Formation Astrobiology

Scientists Detect Erythrulose Sugar in Cloud Near Milky Way Centre

The finding points to grain-surface chemistry as a way to make complex sugars that could have reached early Earth.

Astronomers Detect First True Sugar in Interstellar Space

Hayabusa2’s Ryugu Samples Confirm All Five DNA/RNA Bases, Pointing to Space-Born Formation Clues

Bennu Samples Yield Ribose, Glucose and a Novel Polymer in Peer-Reviewed Analyses