Cosmic Ribose and Boron: How Space Sugar Shaped Early Life
Scientists think life arose from a complex mixture of water, minerals and carbon-containing molecules: the proverbial primordial soup.…
Rainstorms billions of years ago may have created habitable hotspots on Mars
A new global model suggests ancient Mars did not receive prebiotic formaldehyde evenly. Rainfall and atmospheric water vapor…
Continent formation may have set the stage for life on Earth
Long before forests, fish, or even single cells, Earth may have needed something as unglamorous as growing continents…
Every building block of DNA and RNA has been found on an asteroid
A rock measuring 900 meters is on a journey through our solar system, providing what is arguably one…