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

For decades, scientists have searched for clues to how life first emerged on Earth. Many theories focus on simple molecules reacting in water or on fragile protocells drifting in ancient seas. A new ...

When the first spark of life emerged on a young, ocean-covered Earth some four billion years ago, it didn’t happen at once. The process was slow and drawn out over eons, with lifeless chemicals slowly ...

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

NASA revealed that scientists discovered sugars that are “essential” to life and a “gum-like” substance on the space rock ...

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

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

Long before dinosaurs munched on leafy greens or photosynthesizing algae soaked up the sun, a lifeless soup of simple molecules floated through the watery and rocky landscape of early planet Earth.

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

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