Near the center of the Milky Way, a naturally occurring sugar was found floating through a cloud of gas and dust, giving scientists new proof that some of the most crucial chemical components of life ...

Scientists have detected sugar in the depths of interstellar space for the first time. In a remarkable discovery, a team have identified erythrulose in the vast clouds of gas and dust between the ...

Sugars are crucial components of RNA and DNA, the basis of all known organisms alive today. In a new study, the sugar erythrulose was detected in a gas- and dust-filled cloud near the center of our Mi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists discover a sugar molecule in a massive cloud of gas and dust near the center of the Milky Way, offering clues about ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The galactic center of the Milky Way captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras. - NASA/Caltech/Susan Stolovy (SSC ...

It’s the first time a sugar molecule has been detected in interstellar space. The discovery provides tantalizing new clues into how life may have arisen on Earth. By Rebecca Dzombak Our understanding ...

Scientists were searching for a simpler sugar when radio telescopes instead revealed the first true sugar ever confirmed in interstellar space. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly ...

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 ...