THE key ingredients for life may be scattered across the universe in more places than first thought, according to a new study ...

The most significant molecules found are ethylene glycol and glyconitrize—both of which are ingredients for compounds in DNA ...

Key materials for life which were previously only found on Earth were discovered circling a baby star, and now boffins think ...

Why we, so far, only see life on Earth and not elsewhere, that’s the truly tantalizing question.” For more information on the OSIRIS-REx mission, visit this link. More from 6 News: ...

Combining the ingredients of life with an environment of sodium-rich salt water, or brines, “that’s really the pathway to life,” said Tim McCoy, the National Museum of Natural History's ...

"We found that hundreds of exoplanets are larger than they appear, and that shifts our understanding of exoplanets on a large ...

NASA successfully brought the samples to Earth’s surface and—after some difficulties — opened the canister containing the rocky bits. An artist’s impression of OSIRIS-REx digging into Bennu.

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost right from the start. "That's ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have discovered complex organic molecules, precursors to life, in space, challenging previous assumptions about life's origins.

Scientists Discover Traces of Salt Water and Building Blocks of Life in NASA’s Samples From the Asteroid Bennu Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year ...

The moon’s icy phosphate concentration was actually “enriched compared to Earth’s oceans by a factor of 1,000 or so,” study co-author Frank Postberg told The New York Times.