Geologists studying ancient environments have found preserved evidence of salt diapir structures in the rock record. These ...

New research has found that amino acids, the building blocks of life, may have traveled to Earth on interstellar dust grains, potentially helping kickstart biology as we know it. In a recent study ...

The Origins Federation Conference gathered researchers across disciplines in the search for how life began on Earth—and maybe elsewhere ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...

Scientists have traced the origins of complex life to the breakup of the supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion years ago. This ...

Seán Jordan receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 1101114969) and from Research ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals ...

About 4.6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity. The Sun, planets, and eventually Earth formed out of the cloud. But when did ...

Joachim Rønning, the Norwegian filmmaker behind “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” “Young Woman and the Sea” and the upcoming “Tron: Ares,” will next direct a documentary titled “Keys ...

The pioneering artist's blend of sensual and sacred themes leave a map for music to reclaim its ancestral funk ...

The study of young stars like EK Draconis has offered fresh insights into the violent activity of our Sun in its youth. By ...

The Biosphere 2 facility, specifically its Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO), serves as a research platform to investigate how life transforms landscapes, ranging from local environments to ...