University of Alberta geochemists have discovered a missing piece to one of the great mysteries of science—the origin of life ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

Several sugars have been found on a sample of the asteroid Bennu, which may provide scientists with clues about our early ...

Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere.

Scientists are debating the Earth's first creature, with evidence pointing to simple, sponge-like organisms emerging around ...

Life on our planet may have started via a process fueled by hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor billions of years ago, and ...

Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...

According to a new study, Earth’s atmosphere might have been more important for the origin of life story than we gave it ...

Complex life began to develop earlier, and over a longer span of time, than previously believed, a new study has revealed.

For roughly 2 billion years of Earth's early history, the atmosphere contained no oxygen, the essential ingredient required ...

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