A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

"Consciousness," although challenging to define, can be thought of as a first-person awareness of one's surroundings and oneself. You sense the world through your eyes, nose, ears and hands, and track ...

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 ...

Humans have long imagined life on Mars, but what if the red planet actually delivered life to Earth in the first place?

In a new book, NASA astrobiologist Caleb Scharf says the fate of life on Earth may hinge on leaving our planet behind The multibillion-year story of life on Earth is defined by a handful of epochal ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints of living organisms in ancient rocks, an ...

Scott Saleska receives funding from National Science Foundation, NASA, and U.S. Department of Energy. Ghiwa Makke receives funding from National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy. Chris ...