How life's building blocks took shape on early Earth: The limits of membraneless polyester protocell formation
One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...
Multinational research project shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
An ambitious, multinational research project co-led by the University at Buffalo has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity ...
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Climate chaos: How an asteroid strike would change life on Earth
An asteroid strike could cool the planet's climate, harm crops, and disrupt food supply, but it may also increase plankton ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
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Water arrived on Earth gradually over time, not in one big event
Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.
The ingredients to life on Earth were discovered on a distant asteroid for the first time: NASA
Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...
Life-bearing water arrived on Earth later rather than sooner, meteorite analysis suggests
A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...
From Lava to Life: Unlocking Earth’s Oldest Mysteries
Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...
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Newly discovered super-Earth orbits in and out of its star's habitable zone. Could life survive its extreme climate?
A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.
Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely
According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe — chances are, ...
Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
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Scientists find life’s ‘building blocks’ in asteroid Bennu samples
The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...