Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded ...

According to a new study, Earth’s atmosphere might have been more important for the origin of life story than we gave it ...

Earth's atmosphere might have contributed to the origin of life more than previously thought. In a study published in the ...

Sulfur sits at the heart of modern biology. It stabilizes proteins, helps enzymes do their work, and plays a central role in ...

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

Using a highly sensitive mass spectrometer capable of detecting trace chemicals, the researchers discovered that their early Earth simulation created an entire collection of sulfur biomolecules. These ...

The atmosphere may have blanketed the Earth with molecules containing sulfur billions of years ago. In A Nutshell Laboratory ...

Our Earth is about 4.5 billion years old and, through careful work, scientists have pieced together a timeline of its past. But much of its earliest history remains a mystery. Scant geological ...

This new understanding comes from a study by a team led by Rutgers University geodynamicist Yoshinori Miyazaki. The research ...

Earth’s atmosphere might have contributed to the origin of life more than previously thought. In a study published Dec. 1 in ...