The emergence of life on Earth rests on a surprising paradox: how could simple molecules organize into complex systems ...

When a capsule of asteroid dust from Bennu parachuted into the Utah desert, scientists hoped it might carry clues to how ...

The water in numerous Arctic rivers has undergone a mysterious colour transformation, taking on a rusty-orange tinge.

Researchers find that cosmic dust acts as a catalyst, helping simple space gases form key molecules that may jump-start ...

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NASA’s Bennu samples have revealed life-linked sugars, a mysterious gum-like substance and even grains of ancient stardust.

Bennu asteroid samples returned by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission reveal life's building blocks, including sugars like ribose and ...

Complex life, eukaryotes, traces its origins to a shared ancestor among the Asgard archaea, reshaping our understanding of ...

Listen as a dust devil sweeps past the Perseverance rover, producing tiny pops of thunder as it generates sparks of static ...

Study finds Earth's ancient atmosphere may have produced essential sulfur biomolecules like cysteine, challenging theories on ...