Astrophysicists from Keele University, alongside an international research team supported by NASA, detected large complex ...

They're important to scientists because they're the chemical precursors to the molecules that build life, such as amino acids ...

Scientists have discovered complex organic molecules, including acetic acid and ethanol, frozen in ice beyond the Milky Way, ...

A team led by a University of Maryland astronomer discovered big complex organic compounds in ices beyond the Milky Way for ...

Complex organic molecules, including methanol and ethanol, have been detected outside the Milky Way, using the James Webb ...

Researchers discovered a hidden 185,000 light-year "bridge" of gas between two distant galaxies, which are also trailed by a ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA), an international ...

Astronomers capture first clear image of a star’s double explosion, confirming a rare supernova theory with striking visual ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted "seeds of life" molecules around a protostar 160,000 light years from Earth.

Do the building blocks of life exist beyond the Milky Way, and can we identify them? This is what a recent study published in ...

Perched high in Chile's Andes, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory sees a breathtaking view of the Milky Way's southern arc.

For the first time, scientists have detected complex organic molecules outside our own galaxy, in the ice surrounding a young star, opening new pathways for understanding the chemistry of the universe ...