Scientists uncover unusually high methanol levels "raging" beyond the nucleus of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is venting significant amounts of methanol and hydrogen ...

Fresh ALMA observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS detected unusually high methanol and hydrogen-cyanide signals, ...

Researchers find that cosmic dust acts as a catalyst, helping simple space gases form key molecules that may jump-start ...

How do planetary systems form and evolve? This is what a new and groundbreaking laboratory at the Southwest Research ...

Pioneering research suggests cosmic dust particles are crucial for forming life's building blocks in space. Scientists from Heriot-Watt University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and the ...

Tiny particles of space dust could be vital for more quickly creating the complex molecules needed for life, say scientists, including researchers from Heriot-Watt University ...

Particles of space dust may be vital in increasing the building blocks required for life, scientists leading the first study of its kind have said.

But what lies at the edge of our solar system? Arrokoth—the most distant object ever observed by a space probe—reveals a complex surface chemistry resulting from the interaction between cosmic ...

Astrochemistry is the study of the composition and reactions of atoms, molecules and ions in space. The topic includes the gathering of spectroscopic information from ground-, air- and space-based ...

This episode features a wide-ranging interview with the astrochemist Ewine van Dishoeck, who is professor emeritus of molecular astrophysics at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands. In 2018 she was ...

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Olivia Harper Wilkins ’15 earned her Ph.D. at Caltech after completing her undergrad at Dickinson. Previously a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow in the Astrochemistry ...