The origin of life is surely one of the most important questions in biology. How did inanimate molecules give rise to the ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses. Said ...

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

The origin of the first living molecules on our planet has long been debated. However, recent experiments are revealing new ...

New research suggests that amino acids, the fundamental components of life, may have arrived on Earth carried by interstellar ...

The origin of life on Earth has always been a mystery. For many years, scientists have looked to the stars, believing that the building blocks of life that set forth evolution here on our planet came ...

In a new book, astrophysicist Mario Livio describes how the existence of life on Earth can be traced back to an RNA-based “protocell.” The following is an excerpt from Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest ...

A new study shines a spotlight on sulfur, a chemical element that, while all familiar, has proved surprisingly resistant to scientific efforts in probing its role in the origin of life. Many artists ...

There is still so much we don’t understand about the origin of life on Earth. The definition of life itself is a source of debate among scientists, but most researchers agree on the fundamental ...

Over half of the exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft could end up contaminating areas of the moon that might otherwise ...

To celebrate the groundbreaking research of 2025 Drake Award recipients Dr. David Deamer and Dr. John Baross, the SETI Institute commissioned bioartist Dr. Jennifer Willet to create a unique artwork ...