A breakthrough experiment, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers compelling support for ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...

How did life start on Earth? The answer is a big scientific mystery scientists are actively investigating. After talking with many scientists,... Did life start on the ocean floor — and what does that ...

The question of when life began on Earth is as old as human culture. “It’s one of these fundamental human questions: When did life appear on Earth?” said Professor Martin Whitehouse of the Swedish ...

Life on Earth is complex and hard to understand, but new research may have finally given us a much-needed glimpse into the patterns that life follows as it spreads across our planet. According to a ...

Zapping clay with a high-power laser is all it took to re-create the original spark of life on Earth. A bit more specifically, researchers used the Prague-based Asterix Laser System to zap clay in an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. We’ve pieced together a remarkably detailed timeline of ...