In a discovery that may further our understanding of the early evolution of life on Earth, a research team, including ...

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If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Three billion years ago, Earth was a lifeless husk. At least, that’s what some ...

Scientists propose that two distinct models of protocells – vesicles and coacervates – may have played a pivotal role in the early stages of life. Miniatu ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

A meteorite 200 times larger than the one that wiped out Earth’s dinosaurs may have been critical for the development of ...

The S2 meteorite, discovered in 2014, was four times the size of Mount Everest and unleashed a tsunami bigger than any in known human history.

A massive meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have actually helped early microbial life thrive on Earth, new research reveals. The meteor, up to 200 times larger than the dino-killer, caused ...

The devastation of a giant meteorite impact on early Earth may have allowed life to flourish, new research suggests. A study of the remnants of a 3.26 billion-year-old impact reveals that ...

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To study if R. palustris could extract molybdenum from molybdenite, the researchers first created a mutant strain with its ...

Some have speculated that deep under the Earth’s surface, where it is too hot for modern life, these early conditions might still be present, allowing some protolife forms to continue to exist where ...