Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do that, scientists need untouched samples—material that hasn’t been ...

The Hayabusa mission’s success underscores the importance of collecting pristine asteroid samples. JAXA’s meticulous handling of over 900 particles in an ISO 6 cleanroom ensures their purity.

Life is just one act of the enormous cosmic drama recorded in organic molecules. “Organic chemistry—it’s just kind of normal chemistry in the universe,” Schmitt-Kopplin said.

National Chemistry Week (NCW) is a public awareness campaign that promotes the value of chemistry in everyday life. ACS members and chemistry enthusiasts celebrate NCW by coordinating events and ...

And Schmitt-Kopplin has used the organic assemblages of meteorites to study impact shocks and geochemical processes at the birth of the solar system. Life is just one act of the enormous cosmic drama ...

The Curiosity rover detected the largest organic molecules to date on Mars, which may be fragments of fatty acids, or some of the chemical building blocks of life.

There are numerous peer-reviewed studies highlighting the importance of organic farming practices and methods for biodiversity at all scales, ... indicating the enhanced microbial life in organic ...

Organic phosphorus compounds play a crucial role in several scientific fields, such as chemistry, biology, medicine and pharmacy. These compounds include phosphonates, which have particularly ...

By analyzing these materials, scientists hope to uncover patterns that link asteroid chemistry to the origins of life on Earth. The asteroid Ryugu, as seen by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft on June ...