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Scientists Detect Erythrulose Sugar in Cloud Near Milky Way Centre

The finding points to grain-surface chemistry as a way to make complex sugars that could have reached early Earth.

Astronomers Detect First True Sugar in Interstellar Space

Webb Resolves Dawn and Dusk on Hot Jupiters

Study Finds Earth’s Phosphorus and Nitrogen Came From the Inner Solar System

Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Extreme Heavy-Water Enrichment, Study Finds

Astronomers Find Most Pristine Star Yet From the Large Magellanic Cloud

Hubble Accidentally Captures Comet C/2025 K1 Splitting Into Multiple Fragments

ALMA Unveils Record 650-Light-Year Mosaic of the Milky Way’s Turbulent Core

JWST Spots Sulfur in HR 8799 c, Strengthening Case for Core Accretion

Lab-Made Cosmic Dust Matches Space Signatures in Peer-Reviewed Study

Lab Study Shows Peptides Can Form on Icy Space Dust Under Cosmic-Ray Conditions

JWST Detects Chemical Fingerprint of Primordial 'Monster Stars' in Early Galaxy

ALMA Spots Methanol-Rich Chemistry in Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS

JWST Finds Phosphine on Ancient Brown Dwarf, Matching Model Predictions

Webb Makes First Direct Chemical Reading of a Moon-Forming Disk Around CT Cha b

3I/ATLAS Shows Growing Tail and Rapid Brightening as Evidence Favors a Natural Comet

Hubble Spots White Dwarf Devouring Icy, Nitrogen-Rich Exo‑Pluto Fragment

Webb Traces Planet-Building Dust from Butterfly Nebula to ‘Butterfly Star’ Disk

Webb Reveals Butterfly Nebula’s Hidden Core and Planet-Building Dust