Month: May 2025

Reaching for the cosmos: UMSL researchers explore the origins of life through comet chemistry

Picture of Dr. Erika Gibb and Dr. Mohi Saki

Supported by the NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium, researchers and students at the University of Missouri–St. Louis are exploring how comets may hold the molecular clues to Earth’s water—and life itself. Their work combines hands-on student training, national partnerships, and access to premier space-based observatories like the James Webb Space Telescope. How did we come…