Hints of ancient microbes in Martian rocks and a revived theory about our cosmic ancestry are forcing scientists to rethink where the story of life really began. Instead of a warm little pond on early ...

Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests could have quickly formed in the presence of compounds called borates. When ...

"Life might actually survive being ejected from one planet and moving to another." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A remarkably ...

Earth's earliest continents may have set the chemical stage for life by regulating boron levels in ancient oceans, a new ...

PhD candidate and lead author of the study Linda Losurdo in the plasma physics laboratory at the University of Sydney. A Sydney PhD student has recreated a tiny piece of the Universe inside a bottle ...

A new study has illuminated the conditions two billion years ago when the Earth’s atmosphere underwent a rapid increase in ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo missions—and they’re shaking up the search for life beyond Earth. The OSIRIS-REx ...

The colossal movements of tectonic plates shape our world, influencing the composition of Earth’s atmosphere, the planet’s protective magnetic field and perhaps even the flourishing of life. Now ...