The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...

Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

A discovery made by a NASA rover has offered a clue for this mystery, new research said Wednesday, suggesting that while ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe has commenced its decade-long deep space mission, capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon ...

In a groundbreaking analysis that could shift the landscape of biological understanding, researchers from the University of ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that urea—an essential building block for life—could have formed on the early Earth. Instead of requiring high temperatures or complex catalysts, this ...

Life’s ultimate origin will never be known, but researchers are probing the possibilities—for Earth and elsewhere.

These results suggest the existence of a process recycling marine carbon into Earth's mantle, which could contribute to ...

Discover how scientists found and dated the oldest rocks on the planet, and why studying them can help explain how life on ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI ...