If we're looking for life as we don't know it, the best solvent out there may be concentrated sulfuric acid — the stuff ...

"All life on Earth is based on the left-handed form ... exhibit predominantly left-handed molecules. But meteorites don't get the princess treatment that Bennu samples did.

Fluctuations in ancient Earth’s environment might have propelled the chemical complexity that laid the foundation for life.

Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five years ago.

New research shows that fluctuating environmental conditions helped chemical mixtures self-organize and evolve in structured ...

It's important to note that researchers are likely at least 10 to 30 years away from creating mirror bacteria. On the ...

Grave warnings have been issued about the dangers of creating life forms using mirror-image molecules. How worried should we be?

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ingredients essential to life, such as water, phosphate, and ammonia. Together, ...

Scientists warn of taking mirror molecules too far. Learn more about their benefits and risks.

Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that sustain all life, an ability that has captured the ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, ...