Understanding how red giant stars lose mass matters far beyond stellar physics. These winds enrich galaxies with carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and other elements essential for planets and life. By showing ...

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, ...

A graphical representation of glycine on a surface in the interstellar medium bombarded by cosmic rays to produce peptides, the building block of proteins. Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus ...