Astronomers Have Found a Sugar Molecule in Deep Space for the First Time

For the first time in history, astronomers have detected a sugar molecule floating among the gas clouds of interstellar space ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In a First, Astronomers Find Sugar in the Space Between Stars, Providing New Clues About the Origins of Life on Earth

Sugars are crucial components of RNA and DNA, the basis of all known organisms alive today. In a new study, the sugar ...

Astronomers find sugar between the stars

The space between stars just got a little sweeter. Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries and self-tanners. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what’s ...

A Sweet Surprise: Scientists Find Sugar Deep in Our Galaxy

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

In a sweet discovery, astronomers find sugar lurking in the space between stars

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

The Sky Today on Monday, July 13: A young cluster in Cygnus

Open cluster M92 is a great object to study with binoculars or a telescope, near the center of the cross-shaped pattern of ...