The single chirality of biological molecules in terrestrial biology raises more questions than
certitudes about its origin. The emergence of biological homochirality (BH) and its …

Spontaneous deracemizations is a challenging, multidisciplinary subject in current chirality
research. In the absence of any chiral inductors, an achiral substance or a racemic …

Homochirality is a signature of life on Earth, yet its origins remain an unsolved puzzle.
Achieving homochirality is essential for a high-yielding prebiotic network capable of …

The search for evidence of extraterrestrial life in our Solar System is currently guided by our
understanding of terrestrial biology and its associated biosignatures. The observed …

The interstellar medium is characterized by a rich and diverse chemistry. Many of its
complex organic molecules are proposed to form through radical chemistry in icy grain …

The origin of life is a fascinating, unresolved problem whose deciphering would have
important scientific, epistemological and social implications. Over time, philosophers and …

Despite the generally hostile nature of the environments involved, chemistry does occur in
space. Molecules are seen in environments that span a wide range of physical and chemical …

The discoveries of amino acids of extraterrestrial origin in many meteorites over the last 50
years have revolutionized the Astrobiology field. A variety of non-terrestrial amino acids …

DESIRS is a new undulator-based VUV beamline on the 2.75 GeV storage ring SOLEIL
(France) optimized for gas-phase studies of molecular and electronic structures, reactivity …

Dust is a ubiquitous feature of the cosmos, impinging directly or indirectly on most fields of
modern astronomy and astrophysics. Dust in the Galactic Environment, Second Edition …