We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

Scientists have revealed that asteroid Bennu is teeming with essential life molecules like ribose and glucose, significantly ...

Earth is the only known planet to host life, a fact that has long intrigued scientists. While Venus and Mars present extreme ...

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

Deep in some of Earth’s oldest rocks, traces of ancient life still linger, even when every cell has crumbled. You would not ...

Pristine samples from asteroid Bennu, delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, continue to provide crucial ...

Bacteria may play a key role in Martian habitat construction, turning soil into cement-like materials while supporting life ...

New images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and a Jupiter-bound mission showcase interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ahead of its ...

A planet's habitability is determined by a confluence of many factors. So far, our explorations of potentially habitable ...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array detected significant amounts of methanol and hydrogen cyanide in ...

It’s been hypothesized for decades that life on Earth may not have been as “homegrown” as one might think and now, we’re ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...