Researchers found LUCA, our earliest common ancestor, lived 4.2 billion years ago. It had a complex biology, affecting its ...

How animate life was formed from inanimate matter has always been a mystery, but scientists are closer to finding what may ...

Earth’s history is filled with incredible milestones, and the emergence of the first animals is one of the most captivating.

All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the building blocks of life.

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially ... we are really young that might affect our entire life," he says "It's the same thing for planets.

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...