Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential ...

Life on Earth might be a lot less unusual than we thought, according to a new study. For decades, researchers have believed in the “hard steps” theory of life, which suggests that we needed to go ...

Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients for life may exist long before planets are formed.

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

A bright fireball streaked across the sky above mountains, glaciers and spruce forest near the town of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada, on the evening of March 31, 1965. Fragments of this ...

What *is* this thing? It's one of biology's greatest mysteries. The post Scientists Intrigued by Unfamiliar Life Form ...

Scientists found organic compounds in the asteroid Bennu samples that are essential for life on Earth, but it could also contain molecules that may be necessary for forming consciousness. A theory ...