A new analysis of samples returned from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has revealed a rich collection of organic molecules, ...

Plastic pollution is worse because of global warming, with killer whales and sharks most vulnerable, new research warns.

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Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

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LifeTracer, a computational framework, was developed to analyze mass spectrometry data, identifying molecular features that distinguish abiotic from biotic origins. Georgia Tech and NASA used advanced ...

Scientists say that 3I/ATLAS has likely been traveling through interstellar space for a long time. Based on how fast it was ...

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The new approach looks at the distribution of molecular fragments in material, allowing for broad surveys in degraded specimens ...