Two essential questions about life in the Universe
The book 'Is Earth Exceptional' explores the origins of life on Earth and the search for extraterrestrial life using scientific exploration and probability.
Life Spreads Through Universe in Cosmic Dust, Paper Suggests
Life on Earth may result from particles that create stars.
Panspermia theory suggests life seeds can travel between planets.
Two essential questions about life in the Universe
The book 'Is Earth Exceptional' explores the origins of life on Earth and the search for extraterrestrial life using scientific exploration and probability.
Life Spreads Through Universe in Cosmic Dust, Paper Suggests
Life on Earth may result from particles that create stars.
Panspermia theory suggests life seeds can travel between planets.
Comet Watch! On October 24, Don't Miss This Visitor From The Oort Cloud
The Oort Cloud is a theoretical structure surrounding our solar system that may contain numerous icy bodies, influencing both comet activity and the origin of life on Earth.
"Life does not exist": The deceptively tricky task of defining life
Life is fundamentally challenging to define, blurring the lines between living and non-living.
Prominent scientists argue about the essence and existence of life, suggesting it may be an illusion.
Scientists are drilling into the ocean's 'Lost City' to find the origins of life - take a look
Researchers are investigating the origins of life by drilling into the seafloor to study ancient rocks and potential organic molecules. These studies focus on hydrothermal vents.
How Did the First Cells Arise? With a Little Rain, Study Finds.
Rain may have been crucial to the emergence of life, influencing the formation of protocells that led to early cellular evolution.
Did life on Earth begin earlier than we think? DW 08/01/2024
Humanity has long questioned the origin of life on Earth, with recent studies suggesting complex life could have begun much earlier than previously thought.
The Architecture of Life | HackerNoon
Life is defined as a non-equilibrium, self-reproducing chemical reaction system characterized by collective autocatalysis and various closure properties.
The Limitations of Set Theory in Understanding Biological Evolution | HackerNoon
The emergence of life is anticipated as a phase transition in an evolving universe.
Did life on Earth begin earlier than we think? DW 08/01/2024
Humanity has long questioned the origin of life on Earth, with recent studies suggesting complex life could have begun much earlier than previously thought.
The Architecture of Life | HackerNoon
Life is defined as a non-equilibrium, self-reproducing chemical reaction system characterized by collective autocatalysis and various closure properties.
The Limitations of Set Theory in Understanding Biological Evolution | HackerNoon
The emergence of life is anticipated as a phase transition in an evolving universe.
Ship Brings Rocky Clues to Life's Origins Up From Ocean's Lost City'
Specialists have discovered a massive and rare sample of rocky material from deep in the Mid-Atlantic seabed crucial for studying the origin of life on Earth.
How did life begin on Earth? Research zeroes in on lightning strikes. - Harvard Gazette
Lightning strikes may have played a vital role in transforming the early Earth's atmosphere and enabling the formation of life.
Where Did Life Come From, Exactly? The Answer Is Out There
Amino acids found on interstellar dust; life's origin both astrochemical and Earth-based.
A Test for Life Versus Non-Life
Assembly theory offers a new perspective on the emergence of life, focusing on how complex structures are assembled from smaller parts in the universe.
Electricity at the Bottom of the Ocean Is Producing Oxygen, Scientists Say
Researchers discovered a natural O2 factory in rocks on the ocean floor, challenging the belief that sunlight-photosynthesizing organisms were the Earth's sole oxygen producers.
Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesis
The discovery of 'dark oxygen' production challenges traditional beliefs on oxygen creation and raises questions about early life origins and the potential for alternative sources.
Electricity at the Bottom of the Ocean Is Producing Oxygen, Scientists Say
Researchers discovered a natural O2 factory in rocks on the ocean floor, challenging the belief that sunlight-photosynthesizing organisms were the Earth's sole oxygen producers.
Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesis
The discovery of 'dark oxygen' production challenges traditional beliefs on oxygen creation and raises questions about early life origins and the potential for alternative sources.
Did Life on Earth Come From Space? A New Study Gives the Theory a Boost
Some building blocks essential for life, such as peptides, may form more easily in space and could have been delivered to Earth by meteorites or comets.
How did life on Earth begin? Cracks may have been the key.
The study demonstrates how heat flowing through interconnected geologic cracks could produce complex building blocks of life on early Earth.
Scientists replicated Earth's earliest form of evolution in the lab
RNA World hypothesis suggests RNA predates life
RNA polymerase ribozymes play crucial role in RNA evolution
Saturn's Death Star' moon may have a secret young ocean scientists
Mimas, Saturn's moon, may have a young ocean beneath its surface
The ocean on Mimas is estimated to be 5-15 million years old
Life on Earth may have started when lightning hit volcano eruptions
Lightning from volcanic eruptions in ancient times emitted extreme levels of nitrogen, which triggered the earliest lifeforms.
Nitrogen combined with lightning strikes reacts with oxygen and produces nitrogen oxide, creating an environment suitable for life to develop and sustain.
Asteroid pieces brought to Earth may offer clue to life's origin
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has collected particles from the asteroid Bennu and scientists are analyzing them to better understand the origin of life.
Preliminary analysis of the asteroid material has revealed carbon-based organics and other intriguing molecules, shedding light on the molecular building blocks of the solar system.
NASA's asteroid samples may hold clues to how life formed on Earth
The sample collected from the asteroid Bennu is rich in carbon, a building block of life, and contains significant amounts of water.
Scientists believe that asteroids like Bennu may have delivered the building blocks of life to Earth billions of years ago.
Scientists Find Organic Matter in Sample From Distant Asteroid
Researchers studying samples from the asteroid Ryugu have found cometary organic matter, supporting the theory that life on Earth may have been seeded by ancient asteroid impacts.
The samples contained 'melt splashes' with carbonaceous materials that resemble primitive organic matter, suggesting that cometary dust mixed with Ryugu's hydrous silicates.
Asteroid pieces brought to Earth may offer clue to life's origin
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has collected particles from the asteroid Bennu and scientists are analyzing them to better understand the origin of life.
Preliminary analysis of the asteroid material has revealed carbon-based organics and other intriguing molecules, shedding light on the molecular building blocks of the solar system.
NASA's asteroid samples may hold clues to how life formed on Earth
The sample collected from the asteroid Bennu is rich in carbon, a building block of life, and contains significant amounts of water.
Scientists believe that asteroids like Bennu may have delivered the building blocks of life to Earth billions of years ago.
Scientists Find Organic Matter in Sample From Distant Asteroid
Researchers studying samples from the asteroid Ryugu have found cometary organic matter, supporting the theory that life on Earth may have been seeded by ancient asteroid impacts.
The samples contained 'melt splashes' with carbonaceous materials that resemble primitive organic matter, suggesting that cometary dust mixed with Ryugu's hydrous silicates.