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

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

Conventionally, the moon is thought to have formed during one big impact, but a three-impact model might make more sense ...

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

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

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

Using a highly sensitive mass spectrometer capable of detecting trace chemicals, the researchers discovered that their early Earth simulation created an entire collection of sulfur biomolecules. These ...

According to a new study the early Earth’s ancient sky may have played a much larger, proactive role in generating the chemical ingredients for life than scientists once believed.The study ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

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

Earth’s atmosphere might have contributed to the origin of life more than previously thought. In a study published Dec. 1 in ...

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...