Scientists have identified 4-billion-year-old nitrogen-containing organic molecules in a Martian meteorite, a discovery that may shed light on whether or not the Red Planet once hosted life. According ...

As missions prepare to visit ocean worlds like Enceladus and Europa, new findings show scientists must first learn to ...

Earlier this week, NASA revealed that researchers have detected more organic compounds in the plumes of water jetting from the surface of Enceladus, the icy moon orbiting the planet Saturn. The new ...

Marine organic pollutants (including the legacy and emerging as well as the volatile organic compounds) pose a serious threat ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The haze shrouding Pluto might be made up of ice crystals possessing cyanide hearts, a new study ...

A research team led by Prof. Chu Yannan at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered a new way to detect cancer early—by analyzing the invisible chemical ...

Plants and herbs containing phthalide molecules—organic compounds that fuse aromatic benzene rings with cyclic, oxygen-bearing hydrocarbons known as lactones—have been used since ancient times as ...

The space rock landed on a frozen lake on Jan. 16, 2018. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A meteorite that landed on a frozen lake ...