Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here.
Scientists now question how life’s building blocks first appeared before LUCA, reshaping our search for life beyond Earth.
To celebrate the groundbreaking research of 2025 Drake Award recipients Dr. David Deamer and Dr. John Baross, the SETI Institute commissioned bioartist Dr. Jennifer Willet to create a unique artwork ...
Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.
Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an ...
Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have discovered a ribozyme that is shockingly small, yet ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spent two years observing the asteroid Bennu before it collected a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Sun's distance from Earth allows it to be habitable for life. DrPixel/Moment via Getty Images A popular model of evolution ...
The origin of life could therefore be closely linked to the special environment of large soda lakes, which, due to their geological setting and phosphorus balance, provided ideal conditions for ...
The study of the origin of life and prebiotic chemistry seeks to elucidate how inanimate chemical systems transitioned into self‐sustaining, evolving entities. Research in this field integrates ...