The very first cells obtained their energy from geochemical reactions. LMU researchers have now managed to recreate this ...

Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the ...

The very first cells obtained their energy from geochemical reactions. LMU researchers have now managed to recreate this ancient metabolic process in ...

The prebiotic Earth was a harsh and unstable environment, characterized by intense heat, active volcanoes and little ...

A Harvard professor questions whether research conducted at the University of Cambridge about life on K2-18b is accurate.

The announcement, on Holy Thursday, of the discovery of the strongest evidence to date of activity produced by living beings outside the Solar System caused as much anticipation as controversy. The ...

A new study suggests that life may emerge rapidly on Earth-like planets once conditions become favorable. By analyzing ...

In 2023, tuberculosis (TB) killed about 1.25 million people worldwide, more than any other infectious disease on Earth — even though it is curable. Months- or even years-long regimens of potent ...

and hydrogen that on Earth has only one known source: ocean algae. The finding suggests that the planet may have oceans of its own that contain life. Astronomers at the University of Cambridge who ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

A revised timeline of bacterial evolution revealed that some ancient aerobic bacteria existed before oxygen became common in ...

I expect to see the existence of extraterrestrial life confirmed within the next few years. When it happens, let the moment ...