In a peer-reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “ last universal common ancestor .” The ...

The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter contains ancient, ice-covered rocks that may have delivered much of Earth’s water ...

Life’s origin story just became even more mysterious. Using mathematics and information theory, Robert G. Endres of Imperial ...

Before sunlight ever reached the planet, another force may have sparked life—electricity. Deep beneath the ocean floor, ...

Dust brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e-6 mission contains rare meteorite relics that could change our understanding of sources of water and other life-essential ingredients in our solar system.

In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks of life in the solar ...

"In spring, this ice begins to warm up and sublimate. The last remnants of this ice are located on the shaded side of the ...

Ancient sea creatures may have used magnetic particles to navigate. 3D scans reveal how these magnetofossils sensed Earth’s ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS, which many still believe to be a form of alien spacecraft, may reveal its origin as it passes behind the ...

Some ancient marine organisms produced mysterious magnetic particles of unusually large size, which can now be found as ...

A study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society has recreated in the laboratory chemical reactions that may ...

Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and steadily began to ...