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

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

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses. Said to have existed since living cells first appeared, these microscopic ...

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

New experiments suggest RNA, life’s essential molecule, could have formed naturally on early Earth and even arrived from ...

New research in Yellowstone National Park has found a connection between earthquake swarms and the chemical reactions needed to sustain ...

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

The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

RNA probably came before DNA, serving as the storehouse of genetic information and driving chemical reactions; a ...

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 ...

Choose your fighter for the origin of water on Earth! Was it always here or did it come to this planet from somewhere else in ...