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

Scientists have made a bold leap in the search for life’s origins, offering a fresh look at how chemistry might have crossed ...

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

Near a planet far, far away astronomers have found traces of chemicals that on Earth are only produced by living beings.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...