Life’s chemistry may begin in the cold darkness of space

Life’s chemistry may begin in the cold darkness of space The building blocks of life may be forming in deep space long before planets are born. - Date: - January 21, 2026 - Source: - Aarhus University - Summary: - New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists found that simple amino acids bond into peptides on interstellar dust, long before stars and planets exist. This challenges the idea that complex life chemistry.