A recent study from researchers at the University of Toulouse has revealed a fascinating insight into the origins of life on ...

While researchers are still debating the exact timeline, one thing is becoming clear. Life didn’t take long to get started.

If you think explaining the earliest origins of man 1.9 million years ago is difficult, imagine trying to explain the development of the first microbial life on Earth, evidence for which dates to ...

Eukaryogenesis occurred suddenly, driven by the growing length of genes and the limitations on producing longer proteins. An ...

The team's work has significant implications for understanding not only the origins of life on Earth but also the potential for life elsewhere in the universe. By demonstrating that life-like ...

For the first time in its 144-year history the Natural History Museum dedicates an exhibition to the wonders of space ...

The prebiotic Earth was a harsh and unstable environment, characterized by intense heat, active volcanoes and little ...

With an abundant supply of liquid water, Earth is one of the few places in the universe where life can develop and flourish. But scientists have long wondered where exactly all of our life-giving ...

The study potentially upends our understanding of early Earth, but the discovery of hydrogen in the meteorite doesn’t mean that life would have ... theory of the origins of water.

Pinpointing when and where Earth’s hydrogen is an essential key to understanding how life arose on the planet. Without hydrogen, there’s no water, and without water, life can’t exist here. Ironically, ...