A team of researchers have shown how the basic building blocks of life could have arose on a primordial Earth,…
The Earth wasn't formed containing the necessary chemicals for life to begin. One well-supported theory, called the "late veneer theory",…
The idea of panspermia -- that life on Earth originated from comets or asteroids bombarding our planet -- is not…
In case you need a reminder that the solar system was a harsh place to grow up, the early Earth…
When it comes to life on Earth, we're not sure if it came from the outside (transported by comets) or…
We at Universe Today have snow on our minds these days with all this Polar Vortex talk. From out the…
How did life on Earth originally develop from random organic compounds into living, evolving cells? It may have relied on…