Everything has a beginning, and a new study finds that the start of life on Earth arrived in the form of melted asteroids.

Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements ...

One of the key components for the evolution of life as we know it is the presence of “volatiles”: elements and compounds that ...

Meteorites - rocks that fall to Earth from space - have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today ...

Researchers have pinpointed a series of geological reaction conditions that could have sparked the origin of life on Earth.

Research shows zinc from meteorites played a key role in delivering volatile elements that helped create life on Earth.

"One of the most fundamental questions on the origin of life is where the materials we need for life to evolve came from," ...

A NASA filmmaker has claimed that telescopes on Earth have discovered evidence of intelligent alien life, and the ...

Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth. The results suggest that without 'unmelted' asteroids, there may ...

In the shadow of South Australia's largest mountain range beneath the outback soil lies a fossil record that reveals a rich ...

A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, ...

NASA's Europa Clipper launches toward Jupiter's moon, Europa, on a mission to explore its icy surface and potential for life.