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Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

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Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.

"Matthew Evans has had a fascinating life, originally the restaurant critic for the Sydney Morning Herald, he became a chef, ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

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Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do that, scientists need untouched samples—material that hasn’t been ...