Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by ...

Science news this week includes the hints of life on a distant planet and a "useless ... an associate professor of Earth ...

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

Prebiotic molecules central to life's earliest metabolic processes—chemical reactions in cells that change food into ...

All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...

JIUQUAN - The new life science experiments to be conducted in China's space station during the Shenzhou XX crewed spaceflight ...

New JWST data strengthens earlier hints that K2-18b, a possible water world 120 light-years away, could host the chemical byproducts of life.

The researchers found strong evidence of a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the planet's atmosphere. On Earth, DMS is produced only by living organisms, so it appears to be a compelling sign ...

Astronomers have made a detection suggesting biosignatures, or signs of biological activity, on an exoplanet located 124 ...

New molecules discovered on a faraway exoplanet have given scientists the “strongest evidence yet" that life may exist beyond ...