Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here.

Learn more about the top theories about how life began on Earth, and how it may not have started from scratch.

In a new book, astrophysicist Mario Livio describes how the existence of life on Earth can be traced back to an RNA-based “protocell.” The following is an excerpt from Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest ...

Image:Shutterstock長年にわたって、地球外生命探査は「水を追え」というシンプルな基準に基づいて進められてきました。水と酸素があれば、生命が誕生する可能性があると考えられてきたからです。でも、ETHチューリッヒの研究チームによる最新研究によると、水と酸素だけでは不十分かもしれないんですって。TheTimesofIndiaが伝えました。生命を決めるのは「地下の化学バランス」研究が注目す ...

Hints of ancient microbes in Martian rocks and a revived theory about our cosmic ancestry are forcing scientists to rethink where the story of life really began. Instead of a warm little pond on early ...

There is still so much we don’t understand about the origin of life on Earth. The definition of life itself is a source of debate among scientists, but most researchers agree on the fundamental ...

人類にとって、地球の最初の生命がどのように現れたのかは永遠のテーマの1つであり、生命の起源に関する理論は一説によると123個もあるとされています。そんな生命の起源に迫る7つの仮説を、科学系ニュースサイトのLive Scienceがまとめました。 7 Theories on ...

For humankind, how the first life of the earth appeared is one of the eternal themes, and there are 123 theories about the origin of life according to one theory. Live Science, a science news site, ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants. Ten years ago, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spent two years observing the asteroid Bennu before it collected a ...