Astronomers have long suspected that sugar exists in deep space—frontiers beyond our solar system. That hypothesis was proven ...

Erythrulose—a sugar found in raspberries—is also prevalent in a giant molecular cloud close to our galaxy’s core, scientists ...

Researchers have long suspected early life may have been helped by sugars brought to Earth by asteroids – now a sugar found ...

Sugars are key biomolecules in living organisms, as they form the backbone of DNA and RNA and play a fundamental role in ...

With Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (which I'm eagerly anticipating) right around the corner, I thought it an opportune time ...

NASA / Grover Swartzlander. Solar sails may encounter drag from light itself as they approach a significant fraction of the ...

An international team led by CAB researcher Izaskun Jiménez-Serra has now identified the first sugar in interstellar space: erythrulose. This molecule is the only possible four-carbon ketose, and on ...

Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in ...

For decades, scientists have searched the depths of space for clues to one of humanity’s biggest mysteries: how life began. Now, a surprising discovery between distant stars is adding a compelling ...

It’s the first time a sugar molecule has been detected in interstellar space. The discovery provides tantalizing new clues ...