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Biological Chemistry

Comet collisions may have helped seed life on Earth, lab experiment shows

Researchers produce ribose—a sugar important to sustaining life—in the icy conditions experienced by comets in outer space

by Sarah Everts
April 7, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 15

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