How can animate life be formed from inanimate matter? It’s one of the most fascinating enigmas in science because, without this crucial first step, called abiogenesis, there would be no life on Earth.

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

The origin of life on Earth has been mulled over by scientists for centuries. We now know that life’s building blocks are RNA, amino acids, and cells. But if life originated from the primordial ooze ...

More than four billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. Pools of water froze and thawed in cycles, minerals ...

"Outgrowth of the LPI Conference on the Origin of the Earth, which was held in Berkeley, California in December 1988"--Preface. Contents 3D solar nebula models : implications for earth origin / A.P.

A massive hydrothermal field, Kunlun, has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean, exceeding the size of the Lost City. This ...

A new study reveals that the asteroid 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for 2 months, may have a "lunar origin." However, it is about to break free from our planet, making it tricky to tell for ...

New simulations show carbon enabled Earth’s inner core to solidify under realistic cooling, solving the nucleation paradox.

The parent body of near-Earth asteroid Ryugu appears to have harbored water in the form of ice for over a billion years, ...

It seems the Earth's core may contain more carbon than previously assumed, which changes how we understand its evolution.