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

Scientists long have pondered about the conditions necessary for life to arise after Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago. The new findings fit well with the hypothesis that bodies like comets ...

Ryugu asteroid samples suggest ingredients for life came ... were transported 250 million kilometers back to Earth and returned to the planet's surface in a sealed capsule that landed in ...

STORY: Did the ingredients for life on Earth come from space?Scientists say two key ingredients for life on Earth: uracil and niacin were detected in rocks retrieved from asteroid RyuguThe samples ...

Ingredients for life on Earth might have come from space, suggests new discovery Anugraha Sundaravelu. Published March 21, 2023 4:33pm Updated March 21, 2023 4:33pm Share ...

For many years, scientists have predicted that many of the elements that are crucial ingredients for life, like sulfur and nitrogen, first came to Earth when asteroid-type objects carrying them ...

Scientists know that the ingredients necessary to form life appeared on Earth early in its history, but they're still trying to figure out exactly how that happened. A new study suggests that ...

STORY: Did the ingredients for life on Earth come from space?Scientists say two key ingredients for life on Earth: uracil and niacin were detected in rocks retrieved from asteroid RyuguThe samples ...

Detecting Life Beyond Earth. In this video and quiz, see how scientists sniff out signs of life on distant planets, then try it yourself. Detecting Life on Other Planets. In this video from NOVA ...

The basic ingredients for life -- warmth, water and organic chemicals -- are in place on Saturn's small moon Enceladus, scientists said on Wednesday in detailing the content of huge plumes ...