One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...
Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...
Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.
Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet. The finding ...
Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...
By exploring Yellowstone's geothermal springs, scientists discovered the microbes that reveal how life adapted to harsh conditions billions of years ago.
The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...