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

About 4 billion years ago, Earth began to show signs of the conditions that allowed the first cells to take hold and populate ...

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

Mar. 26, 2025 — A new species of fossil is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved. Research 'ultramarathon' saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 ..

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

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

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Scientists have discovered a fossil that appears to belong to an unknown species. Found in a remote location, this fossil ...

"We usually think of water as so benign, but when it's divided in the form of little droplets ... say that could solve the ...

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace. Yet the age-old question remains unanswered ...

A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science, Tokyo, has uncovered a ...