Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

This consistent flow has been happening for billions of years, making cosmic dust a potential key factor in enriching Earth’s surface with the necessary ingredients for life. The study notes, “Some ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Why is there no life on Mars? Rover finds a clue The red planet is thought to currently have all the necessary ingredients for life ...

Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely ...

Researchers believe this 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar system and the building blocks of life.

Their presence means that icy materials floating in space might survive even during the wild, chaotic process of planet formation. What could it mean for life beyond Earth?

Described as "Earth's kryptonite twin," jadarite is a rare and fascinating mineral that quickly caught the attention of ...

New NASA research demonstrates that 540 million years of Earth’s magnetic field changes have corresponded to surface habitability.

Water frozen in the depths of space has long been considered a shapeless, frozen fog. For decades, scientists believed it ...