Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

They’re the building rocks of life. Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the ingredients to life on Earth were present in the early days of our solar system, ...

Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do ...

The vital ingredients for life on Earth may have been delivered by meteorites from planetesimals in the early solar system, new research suggests.

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

The vital ingredients for life on Earth may have been delivered by meteorites from larger bodies called "planetesimals" in the early solar system. The discovery could assist in the search for ...

Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do that, scientists need untouched samples—material that hasn’t been ...