This sulfur-based space molecule could tell us about the emergence of life on Earth

The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away on July 6, 2015.

Researchers have created a "fingerprint" of a sulfur-based molecule found in space that may offer new clues about the formation of life on Earth, a new study reports.

Sulfur is an essential element for life as we know it, and a building block for proteins and amino acids. Scientists recently created a spectral "fingerprint" of a special type of molecule called singly deuterated methyl mercaptan (CH2DSH), which was discovered near a young star similar to our sun.