Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...

A breakthrough experiment, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers compelling support for ...

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...