Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

The Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft visited the asteroid Ryugu, which had flowing water for over a billion years. This unexpected discovery, made when the spacecraft collected and returned samples, adds ...

New study reveals how aminoacyl-thiols may have kickstarted protein synthesis, shedding light on life's origins.

A new study brings scientists closer to uncovering how life began on Earth.

Cells use proteins to make other proteins - new research could explain how the first proteins arose without other enzymes ...

Skywatchers with backyard telescopes or binoculars might also be able to spot the asteroid. At its brightest, it could reach ...

Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

A skyscraper-size asteroid named 2025 FA22 will make a close approach to Earth this week, and you can watch it happen live ...