A small, icy visitor from beyond the solar system is giving scientists an unusually close look at the chemistry that may help planets come alive. As the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS sweeps past the Sun ...

Earth’s origin story has always had missing pages, from the chemistry of its first crust to the ingredients that seeded life. Now, a series of breakthroughs, from asteroid samples to ancient rocks ...

The ability to self-organize is a key feature of biological systems and is widely found in nature: small building blocks that autonomously assemble give rise to macromolecules such as the cell nucleus ...