A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

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 ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

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How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...

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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 ...

The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets. Four billion years ago, Earth was a lifeless world, but a dynamic one. Crashing waves, rushing ...