The chemical element sulfur is essential for all lifeforms and is a building block of proteins and amino acids. By studying ...

The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets.

While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...

The Miller-Urey hypothesis is based on a famous 1952 experiment in which researchers successfully formed these organic ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

Dr. Frankenstein might not have needed a lightning bolt to bring his monster to life after all. A new study from Stanford ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 ...

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

Explore the ocean's extreme depths, where vent worms and extremophile bacteria thrive in scorching heat and crushing pressure ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth, but their journey isn’t over—they must now physically ...

Some ISS astronauts experience Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome, which may result in puffy eyes, decreased near ...