A new study brings scientists closer to uncovering how life began on Earth.

Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

If you’ve always thought echidnas and platypuses were distant cousins who went their separate ways on land and water, think ...

About 700 million years ago, enormous glaciers flowed across the Earth's surface in powerful frozen rivers like "giant ice bulldozers" that pulverized our planet's crust and may have contributed to ...

Daniel Brady Mills receives funding from the German Research Foundation. Jason Wright works for Penn State University, where his research in the search for life in the universe is supported by ...

How do terrestrial planets like Earth form and evolve to enable life to exist? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a pair of scientists from the Southwest Research ...

Courts have affirmed evolution's place in education. Creationism is just a belief, not based on empirical data, and not ...

Dr Stefan Reissl and Prof Dr Ralf S. Klessen introduce tiny dust particles in space, the seeds of life, in this intriguing ...

Assembly Theory is a way to understand how the complexity of life emerged through a mechanism of “self-assembly.” It could explain how life formed on Earth—or other planets—via the shortest path to ...

Most people take the seasons for granted, but by using old satellite data, scientists have found that Earth's seasons might not be as dependable as we thought.

Noah Hawley's TV prequel to the original Alien film feature first-class action and visuals — and a stunning season finale that provides both closure and exciting possibilities for the future.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last ...