Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural membranes necessary ...

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged.

The Arecibo message contained an image of a man only. But what might seem a sexist choice deserves a more subtle ...

The significance of this discovery lies in its potential to bridge the gap between simple molecular structures and the ...

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

Rain, we believe, may have paved the way for the first cells. Droplets with meshy ... curiosity about the mechanisms that led to life on Earth and philosophical questions about our place in ...

All life on Earth is based on the element carbon, but scientists aren’t sure what initially supplied all that carbon to our ...

prefer a theory proposed in 2009 that suggests life first developed not in the ocean but on land. Among the chemical compounds abundant in Earth’s atmosphere during the planet’s first 100 ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

The astronauts remained tight-lipped about the nature of the medical issue that had left an as-yet-undisclosed crew member ...

The key to unlocking the secrets of distant planets starts right here on Earth. Researchers at Tohoku University, the ...

The trio revealed some anecdotes about the trials of readjusting to life on Earth after spending more than 230 days in space.Related video above: Commercial astronaut takes first steps into the ...