Scientists found the first natural proof that underwater volcanoes make ammonia without biology, a reaction that may have ...

Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists today published fresh chemical evidence of Earth’s earliest life – concealed in 3.3-billion-year-old ...

Earth's earliest days were so chaotic that it's hard to believe life ever got its start here. What's now the beautiful blue marble we inhabit was once an apocalyptic wasteland with a molten surface ...

Scientists have made an amazing discovery about Earth’s beginning. Researchers from MIT have found rare remnants of “proto Earth,” which was the early planet that existed 4.5 billion years ago. A ...

Scientists have uncovered the earliest chemical evidence of life on Earth, in a discovery that could revolutionise our understanding of how ancient molecules evolved. As part of a groundbreaking study ...

Chemical evidence of life has been uncovered in South African rocks 3.3 billion years old, doubling the timelines for this window into our deep past and charting a new scientific trail that could help ...

While there is fossil evidence of life older than 3.3bn years, this is the first time that its molecular chemical fingerprints have been detected through high-tech sleuthing. Chemical evidence of life ...