The origins of life on Earth have long fascinated scientists, particularly the nature of the last universal common ancestor ...

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

2024 — Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural ...

The study of early Earth microbial life and organic matter is crucial for understanding the origins of life on our planet and potentially on other celestial bodies. Recent research has focused on ...

Montana Tech researchers have a new scientific article out, detailing how samples taken from hot springs at Yellowstone ...

The revelation that oxygen can be generated in complete darkness not only revises theories about the origins of life on Earth but also expands the potential for finding life on planets without ...

A Yale study reveals that elevated marine iodine concentrations disrupted the stabilization of Earth’s ozone layer, delaying ...

Organic molecules, the building blocks of life, have been discovered across space—from interstellar clouds to asteroids and comets. Findings from missions like Rosetta, Hayabusa2, and Osiris-Rex ...

Researchers have innovatively merged protein structural data with genetic sequences to construct evolutionary trees, ...