Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Human ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the ...

"We are really trying to understand how far we can go, chemically, toward larger biological molecules and what environments ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

Water is essential to life, yet its true origin on Earth still stirs debate. Scientists have long wondered whether it came ...

The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets. Four billion years ago, Earth was a lifeless world, but a dynamic one. Crashing waves ...

Barry Wilmore said that astronauts, NASA and Boeing need to spend time analyzing the Starliner mission to improve future flights.

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history ... marking the earliest evolution of life. The chemical signature of rocks formed in ...