The space agency has reportedly discovered life-giving essential sugars on the asteroid Bennu, a 500-meter-wide rock hurtling ...

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

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

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere. How did life first take shape? A group of scientists from Japan, Malaysia, ...

Bennu is believed to have originated from the shards of a much larger world. Curiously, asteroid Ryugu, sampled by the ...

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how ...

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

How did life begin? An international team of researchers from Japan, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany suggest that the answer ...

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.

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...