Shocks, cosmic rays and x-rays seem to ionise and fragment saturated molecules via mechanisms that result in structures with ...

Astrochemistry investigates the chemical processes that drive the evolution of stars, planets and galaxies. The field plays a ...

New oxygen pathway could reshape life detection methods CO2 and helium ions form molecular oxygen, study shows Oxygen can exist without biological processes on other planets ...

The resulting products were ionized; their mass-to-charge ratios were determined based on the time it took for them to reach ...

In 2018, NASA scientists launched the Parker Solar Probe on what they call “a mission to touch the sun.” Since then, the spacecraft has looped around our star 21 times, with the research team ...