Think of it this way: only around 10,000 decently sized meteorites slam into Earth per year. Meanwhile, the planet is ...
Scientists may have discovered a reaction that provides the “missing link” to help explain how early life formed on Earth about 4 billion years ago. All living things contain ribonucleic acid, ...
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Earth’s first life may have been sparked by underwater thermal vents
Before sunlight ever reached the planet, another force may have sparked life—electricity. Deep beneath the ocean floor, ...
New research rethinks amino acid origins, revealing insights into life’s earliest building blocks on Earth and potential ...
Life’s origin story just became even more mysterious. Using mathematics and information theory, Robert G. Endres of Imperial ...
Experiments show amino acids can cling to interstellar dust, survive heating, and reach planets - supporting a cosmic origin ...
Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...
New research has found that amino acids, the building blocks of life, may have traveled to Earth on interstellar dust grains, ...
The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter contains ancient, ice-covered rocks that may have delivered much of Earth’s water ...
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We Could Have Evolved From Extraterrestrials—New Research Suggests It’s Unlikely Life Began on Earth
A new study used mathematical formulas and demonstrated that it’s highly unlikely life began on Earth. Instead, the ...
Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...
Right now there is no conclusive evidence of life on Mars past or present. Nasa’s “leopard spots” are the most promising ...
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