The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.

Research suggests that a pulse of UV-B played an important part in the end Permian mass extinction event 250 million years ago.

Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study that challenges the view of when life began.

RNA, the molecule that gave rise to life, has been shown to be essential for repairing human genetic material and preventing mutations

The mystery of whether microbial alien life might inhabit Enceladus, one of Saturn's 83 moons, could be solved by an orbiting space probe.

The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.

Diverse microbial life existed on Earth 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study challenging the current view of when life began.

Scientists may never find the elixir of life, but they are finding new ways to extend our life spans and protecting our cells from aging.

When Mars was a young planet, it was bombarded by ice asteroids delivering water and organic molecules necessary for life to emerge.

An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf — the most common type of star in the universe — appears to have no atmosphere at all.

The use of ancient DNA, including samples of human remains around 45,000 years old, has shed light on a previously unknown aspect of humans

Chemical evolution was first proposed in the 1920s as the idea that life first originated with the formation of macromolecules.

Researchers believe that this vent could serve as a natural laboratory and substantially inform the search for extraterrestrial life.

In the production of one of the origin-of-life molecules, researchers in Spain and Denmark have found a method for attacking cancer cells

Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study challenging the view of when life began.

These types of gases are made when organisms add a carbon and three hydrogen atoms to an undesirable chemical element.

The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.

Findings suggest a variety of microbial life may have existed on primordial Earth, potentially 300 million years after the planet formed.

Determining what killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period has long been the topic of debate.

The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet,