Scientists report the first confirmed detection of thiepine, a complex sulfur-bearing molecule, in an interstellar cloud near the Milky Way’s center.

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Europa stands out among Jupiter's moons, thanks to its remarkably smooth ice shell, which scientists believe conceals a global ocean of liquid water, perhaps twice as deep as Earth's oceans. In late ...

A "crowdsourced" project in which home computer users were enlisted to help analyze radio signals from space is ending after ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the ...

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A thick shell "implies a longer route that oxygen and nutrients would have to travel to connect Europa’s surface with its ...

Geophysicists at Washington State University have uncovered a possible explanation for how nutrients may travel into the subsurface ocean of Europa, a moon of Jupiter that ranks among the strongest ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows. The complex precursors to biological molecules can form spontaneously in interstellar space, according ...

The host Bill Maher fears aliens might meet Trump first, warning it would give them the wrong impression of humanity.

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Europa's hidden ocean could thus be fed by the sinking ice, which carries down oxidants and nutrients produced on the surface ...