An astronomer at Columbia University is suggesting that because life emerged so soon on Earth after its formation, it may ...

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

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

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

Scientists are concerned with how abiogenesis — the inception of life from non-living matter — could have occurred in the first place; some theories state that certain environments on Earth, like ...

which orbits a red dwarf star more than 120 light-years from Earth, has captivated scientists who have considered it among the best potential life-harboring ocean worlds. The first observations ...

These are the first hints of an ... that might be conducive to life in places like Mars, Venus and various icy moons, he noted. K2-18 b is 8.6 times as massive as Earth and has a diameter about ...

Daniel Apai receives funding for astrobiology research from NASA, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that ...

"This ship collected five different life-forms from the darkest ... for Noah Hawley's series Alien: Earth via FX's YouTube: You can rewatch the very first teaser for Hulu's Alien: Earth series ...