One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

A recent study by the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI ... of these microdroplets under conditions more reflective of early Earth. The team found that polyester microdroplets could form even ...

A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

[Photo/Agencies] LOS ANGELES -- Studies of the samples from asteroid Bennu brought back to Earth by NASA's spacecraft have ...