If there's life elsewhere in the universe, why can't we find it? The Fermi Paradox is called a paradox precisely because it's tough to reconcile the optimism of the Drake Equation with the deafening ...

Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an ...

Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential for life as we know it can form readily in space. This discovery, ...

Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients for life may exist long before planets are formed.