The life all around us could have started in ice-covered grains of dust.

Scientists find new evidence that life could have begun in space

Hard Science

The research found that some building blocks of life could form in frozen films of methane and oxygen in a radiation-filled vacuum.

Scientists Find New Evidence That Life Could Have Begun In Space

This could point to space as the place of origin for life on Earth.

Studying the moon's hydrothermal vents could be the best bet for determining whether Enceladus could foster life.

We may finally understand how alien life could survive on Saturn's moon

Observations from the Cassini mission to Saturn has allowed researchers to better understand how the moon Enceladus could sustain a global subsurface ocean.

We May Finally Understand How Alien Life Could Survive on Saturn's Moon

Hydrothermic vents could be a hotbed for alien evolution.

We May Finally Understand How Alien Life Could Survive on Saturn’s Moon

Meteorites may have carried ingredients for life.

Scientists have uncovered new evidence of the origins of life on Earth

A new study from McMaster University and the Max Planck Institute suggests that meteorites that fell into warm puddles during the early years of the Earth could've been the trigger for life.

Scientists Have Uncovered New Evidence of the Origins of Life on Earth

If true, could this phenomenon have also triggered life on other planets?

This could help in our hunt for extraterrestrial life.

Life may have emerged on Earth earlier than we previously thought

University of Tokyo researchers have discovered fossil evidence that suggests life on Earth started earlier than expected.

Life May Have Emerged on Earth Earlier Than We Previously Thought

The researchers discovered earlier signs of life while analyzing carbon isotopes in sedimentary rocks taken from northeastern Canada. 

Now that we know how complex life came to be on Earth, perhaps we’ll be better equipped to find life elsewhere.

New research may explain the origin of complex life on Earth

Research from Wits University in South Africa shows how small non-living RNA molecules combined to form larger, self-replicating molecules.

New Research May Explain the Origin of Complex Life on Earth

“Life was a chance event, there is no doubt about that.”

We are inching ever-closer to answers about life on Earth.

Researchers from Stony Brook University and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a computer model that could help shed more light on the origins of life on Earth.

A New Model Could Clue Us Into How Life Began on Earth

We have a long way to go, but this is a big step in the right direction.

How life jumped from single-celled microbes to animals, plants, fungi and more remains one of our planet's biggest mysteries.

A team of researchers from the Australian National University think that the nutrients needed for complex life came from when our frozen planet melted.

Scientists Claim They Have “Solved the Mystery of How the First Animals Appeared on Earth”

Algae holds the answer. 

Could this new theory better explain the origins of life?

Biophysicist Jeremy England has published support for his theory of adaptation driven by dissipation, and its relationship to abiogenesis.

New Theory for Life Suggests It Was Not an Accident of Biology. It Was Physics.

It doesn't seem like it was just luck.

This research introduces a fresh perspective on how life on Earth formed.

Off World

Evidence from computer simulations has lead researchers to believe that half the atoms found in the Milky Way (and our bodies) have extragalactic origins.

New Study Shows Half the Atoms in Our Bodies Came From Beyond the Milky Way

"It’s a new mode of galaxy growth we’ve not considered before.”

We may have been half a billion years off in our predictions.

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