A breakthrough experiment, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers compelling support for ...

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

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 ...

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you will learn when you read this story: Abiogenesis—the emergence of ...

the Earth you walk on today might not be the same planet that was born 4.5 billion years ago. Many scientists believe that in its infancy, Earth collided with another world the size of Mars, and that ...

What can volcanism on the early Earth teach us about the formation of life on our planet? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as an international team of ...

Ice calves off the Breidamerkurjokull, a glacier in Iceland. Some scientists suggest prehistoric glaciers hold the answers to how life evolved on Earth. Katharine Cashman via imaggeo.egu.eu under CC ...

The first molecules necessary for life on Earth could have been created when tiny flickers of “microlightning” between drops of water sparked the necessary chemical reactions. “This is a new way to ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable result of a series of unlikely evolutionary leaps. But new research by ...