The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...

A violent stellar explosion has just given astronomers their clearest look yet at how some of the raw ingredients for biology ...

Every breath of air, every strand of DNA and every cell in my body carries a chemical story that began long before Earth existed, in the violent death of ancient stars. The key elements that make life ...

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It's a minefield out there! Especially around stars smaller than the sun. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The most common stars ...

Scientists have long queried how the complex molecules needed for life could have formed around the tumultuous and violent environment of the sun in its youth. A family of meteorites called ...

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with Karen Gillan, who stars in "The Life of Chuck." The genre-bending is based on a novella of the same title by Stephen King. In "The Life Of Chuck," the end of the world ...