The origins of how life on Earth arose remains a deep existential and scientific mystery. It’s long been theorized that our planet’s plentiful oceans could hold key to the secret. A new study ...

A new study suggests that comets had a huge hand in helping life form on Earth, bringing integral elements such as phosphorus, “an essential element for life,” to the planet.

How did life on Earth begin? The chemical puzzle just became clearer. ... Now, chemists have partly unlocked the recipe by creating a complex compound essential to all life — in a lab.

A recent study led by NASA has revealed a surprising connection between Earth’s magnetic field and the oxygen levels that sustain life. According to the new research, the ebb and flow of Earth’s ...

When scorching columns of rock, known as deep mantle plumes, first rise from depths of nearly 3,000 kilometers (almost 2,000 ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures ...

Comets can contain all six of the most important elements for life on Earth, according to new research. For the first time, scientists say they've discovered evidence of solid phosphorus on a ...

Lightning strikes in a stock photo. A new study says lightning may have jump-started early life on Earth by converting atmospheric elements into vital building blocks.

“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 million years ago,” the authors wrote. “Our findings suggest unexpected strong ...

Earth is a bustling planet powered by a remarkable array of microorganisms that play key roles in sustaining life. Though invisible to the naked eye, these tiny but mighty beings are indispensable ...

However much exists on other worlds, there’s no question phosphorus is vital to life on Earth. It is the nutrient most highly valued by organisms, as well as the most recycled.