Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here.

Scientists now question how life’s building blocks first appeared before LUCA, reshaping our search for life beyond Earth.

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.

Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an ...

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spent two years observing the asteroid Bennu before it collected a ...

The study of the origin of life and prebiotic chemistry seeks to elucidate how inanimate chemical systems transitioned into self‐sustaining, evolving entities. Research in this field integrates ...