In this fascinating talk, geobiologist Tara Djokic reveals how a 3.5-billion-year-old rock discovered in Western Australia could change what scientists think about the origin of life on Earth. The ...

A major impact can eradicate entire ecosystems. It can melt rocks, send debris around the planet, and create a dent in the crust. Additionally, the heat released from the object may provide an ...

Scientists analysing dust from an asteroid have found all the key building blocks needed to create us and all other life on the planet Earth. A Japanese mission found that material collected from the ...

Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands ...

The emergence of the first biopolymers and their building blocks on the early Earth is considered a key moment in the origin of life (OoL), but how life began on the prebiotic Earth from a pile of ...

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. The work demonstrates that a certain ...