“Bit by bit, these tiny building blocks land on rocky planets within a newly formed solar system. If those planets happen to ...
New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...
Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential ...
New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists ...
New research suggests that amino acids, the fundamental components of life, may have arrived on Earth carried by interstellar ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...
A reddish-brown sporophyte can be seen at the top center of a leafy gametophore. This capsule contains numerous spores inside. Mature sporophytes like these were individually collected and used as ...
"The universe is a pretty big place. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space," goes a line from the 1997 film "Contact." In the movie, Jodie Foster plays Dr. Ellie Arroway, a radio ...
October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the third in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...