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 ...

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.

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 ...

Scientists were searching for a simpler sugar when radio telescopes instead revealed the first true sugar ever confirmed in interstellar space. Scientists detected erythrulose, a four-carbon sugar ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...