"The models of biological species we are trying to build need to be simple enough to have emerged from the chemistry of early Earth." While the paper focuses solely on the chemistry, the research ...

Earth harbors incredible secrets, from remnants of a planet that formed the Moon residing deep within, to ancient auroras ...

Scientists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have recreated how RNA might have first replicated itself on ...

Published in the Journal of Palaeogeography (Chinese Edition), this work underscores the journal’s role as a hub for ...

The University College London research builds on years of efforts to trace the origins of Earth’s early genetic materials.

Researchers reveal a dynamic geologic past for Antarctica’s Transantarctic Mountains, uncovering ancient mountain-building ...

The search for life on other worlds needs a way to sift through the chemistry of their atmospheres. If another species ...

While on Titan, Dragonfly will utilize its rotorcraft design to fly around the methane-filled world and explore Titan’s chemistry and how life may have begun on Earth. Using a suite of four ...

Marina Barcenilla was studying the chemical makeup of interstellar bodies when she realized she could marry her two passions ...