Scientists are debating the Earth's first creature, with evidence pointing to simple, sponge-like organisms emerging around ...

Bennu itself is a fascinating “jigsaw piece” of the early solar system. This third-of-a-mile-wide space rock is likely a ...

Researchers have discovered chemical traces of life in rocks older than 3.3 billion years, offering a rare look at Earth’s earliest biology. By combining advanced chemical methods with artificial ...

Deep in some of Earth’s oldest rocks, traces of ancient life still linger, even when every cell has crumbled. You would not ...

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

Scientists found the first natural proof that underwater volcanoes make ammonia without biology, a reaction that may have ...

How did life begin? An international team of researchers from Japan, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany suggest that the answer ...

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

NASA has unveiled a series of new discoveries that make the possibility of alien life elsewhere in the universe more ...

Complex life began to develop earlier, and over a longer span of time, than previously believed, a new study has revealed.