The Conversation

Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do you look for alien life when you don’t know what alien life might look like ...
CNN

New evidence challenges theories on the origin of water on Earth, study suggests

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CNN

Scientists redid an experiment that showed how life on Earth could have started. They found a new possibility

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Science Daily

Japan’s hot springs hold clues to the origins of life on Earth

Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...
Forbes

Earth’s Eccentric Orbit Likely Spurred Evolution’s Cambrian Explosion

The Cambrian Explosion in which life on Earth underwent massive diversification was likely triggered by eccentricities in Earth’s orbit around our Sun. Or so say the authors of a new paper just ...
The Conversation

A new theory explains how water first arrived on Earth

When Earth first formed, it was too hot to retain ice. This means all the water on our planet must have originated from extraterrestrial sources. Studies of ancient terrestrial rocks suggest liquid ...