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 ...

Scientists know that the ingredients necessary to form life appeared on Earth early in its history, but they're still trying to figure out exactly how that happened. A new study suggests that ...

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

March 21 (Reuters) - Two organic compounds essential for living organisms have been found in samples retrieved from the asteroid Ryugu, buttressing the notion that some ingredients crucial for the ...

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, ...

Scientists still debate the origins of Earth's life-sustaining elements. BlackJack3D/E+ via Getty Images For many years, scientists have predicted that many of the elements that are crucial ...

Detecting Life Beyond Earth. In this video and quiz, see how scientists sniff out signs of life on distant planets, then try it yourself. Detecting Life on Other Planets. In this video from NOVA ...

There are a few key ingredients that scientists often agree are needed for life to exist — but much debate remains as to what limits there actually might be on life. Even Earth hosts some ...

How did life on Earth begin, and were the ingredients for life already on Earth or were they brought here from space? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a ...

The super-Earth’s orbit path as it skims through the habitable zone of Ross 508. ... That means there could be key ingredients for life that may survive in the atmosphere.