Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Archives

In the heart of our Galaxy, scientists discovered the first sulfur-bearing six-membered ring molecule hiding in an interstellar cloud. © MPE/ NASA/JPL-Caltech

Astrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Press Release

New Insights Into The Origins Of The Chemistry Of Life

by Keith CowingJanuary 26, 2026January 26, 2026

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), in collaboration with astrophysicists from the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, have identified the largest sulfur-bearing molecule ever found in […]

Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release

Life's Earliest Evolution Was More Complicated Than Previously Suspected

by Keith CowingApril 22, 2020

Biologists have long hoped to understand the nature of the earliest living organisms on Earth. If they could, they might then be able to say something about how, when, and […]