Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

They’re the building rocks of life. Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the ingredients to life on Earth were present in the early days of our solar system, ...

Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

The vital ingredients for life on Earth may have been delivered by meteorites from planetesimals in the early solar system, new research suggests. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

The vital ingredients for life on Earth may have been delivered by meteorites from larger bodies called "planetesimals" in the early solar system. The discovery could assist in the search for ...

To do that, scientists need untouched samples—material that hasn’t been altered by Earth’s air, water, ... Scientists discover the ingredients of life on asteroid. Joseph Shavit. April 13, ...