Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded ...

Several sugars have been found on a sample of the asteroid Bennu, which may provide scientists with clues about our early ...

University of Alberta geochemists have discovered a missing piece to one of the great mysteries of science—the origin of life ...

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

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

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere.

A new documentary released by the Vatican on Pope Leo XIV's early life is more than just a film about the life of the new pope, but the story of an ordinary person who answered a calling to serve the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Life has a remarkable knack for persisting even in the most unlikely of environments. A new study finds lipid biomarkers in a extremely alkaline ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints of living organisms in ancient rocks, an ...

A new documentary released by the Vatican on Pope Leo XIV's early life is more than just a film about the life of the new pope, but the story of an ordinary person who answered a calling to serve the ...