15 June 2016
Scientists discover a chiral molecule outside of our solar system for the first time
... "handedness" of a molecule they use or produce. Life on Earth is made of left handed amino acids, almost exclusively,... to a selection bias that ultimately resulted in all life on Earth becoming homochiral. Now, with the discover of propylene oxide...
08 November 2017
Boeing and CASIS award $500,000 for microgravity research on ISS
... projects such as these is to maximise the [space station’s] use for collaboration among diverse users and improving life on Earth for years to come,” said Scott Copeland, Research Integration lead for Boeing’s International Space Station program...
31 January 2018
Surprise find of complex organic molecules in LMC
... been hinted at, but not completely confirmed. Some of the basic building blocks of molecules that are essential to life on Earth (and as far as we know it elsewhere in the Universe), are complex organic molecules that are made-up of six or more...
18 April 2018
Ambitious Galactic survey to help find Sun's lost family
... hydrogen and helium, to being filled with all the elements we see today, including those necessary for life on Earth. "This data will enable such discoveries as the original star clusters of the Galaxy, including the Sun...
24 August 2016
Future Space Leaders Will Meet at IAC 2016
... discuss its results and benefits – not only for deep-space exploration but also for improving life on Earth. A Q&A session will follow the presentations.
01 April 2020
Assembling Life
... the font is small and somewhat dense. It will, nevertheless, appeal to those with an interest in the genesis of life on Earth and the prospects for life on other planets (which should be all of us). According to Deamer, organic compounds delivered...
