New experiments suggest RNA, life’s essential molecule, could have formed naturally on early Earth and even arrived from ...
Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...
A breakthrough experiment, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers compelling support for ...
New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...
How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...
An ancient asteroid older than Earth itself has reignited debate over whether life began in space. NASA's Bennu discovery reveals complex organic molecules, fuelling viral claims and raising profound ...
For the first 2 billion years of life on Earth, our planet was dominated by single-celled bacteria and their cousins, archaea. It was Slimeball Earth, and it would have stayed that way were it not for ...
The question of when life began on Earth is as old as human culture. “It’s one of these fundamental human questions: When did life appear on Earth?” said Professor Martin Whitehouse of the Swedish ...
Space technology on Earth has gone from futuristic to foundational in our everyday lives. From satellite innovations that enable global communication to space science applications improving ...