Star-forming regions show a rich and varied chemistry, including the presence of complex
organic molecules—in both the cold gas distributed on large scales and the hot regions …

This review is concerned with the formation of molecules in the interstellar medium (ISM),
which is composed mainly of regions of gas and dust known as interstellar clouds, ranging …

Context. One of the important questions of astrochemistry is how complex organic
molecules, including potential prebiotic species, are formed in the envelopes around …

Complex organic molecules have been observed for decades in the interstellar medium.
Some of them might be considered as small bricks of the macromolecules at the base of …

ABSTRACT Our modern day Solar System has 4.6× 109 yr of evolution behind it with just a
few relics of its birth conditions remaining. Comets are thought to be some of the most …

Context. Many molecules observed in the interstellar medium are thought to result from the
thermal desorption of ices. Parameters such as the desorption energy and pre-exponential …

The synthesis of nucleobases in natural environments, especially in interstellar molecular
clouds, is the focus of a long-standing debate regarding prebiotic chemical evolution. Here …

Context. Modern versions of the Miller-Urey experiment claim that formamide (NH 2 CHO)
could be the starting point for the formation of metabolic and genetic macromolecules …

Context. The chemical inventory of planets is determined by the physical and chemical
processes that govern the early phases of star formation. Nitrogen-bearing species are of …

Context. Complex organic species are known to be abundant toward low-and high-mass
protostars. No statistical study of these species toward a large sample of high-mass …