Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Life on Earth may have originated from microlightning that triggered the formation of waterfalls and ocean waves, according ...

While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

The origin of life on Earth stands as one of the great mysteries of science. Various answers have been proposed, all of which remain unverified. To find out if we are alone in the galaxy, we will need ...

Life needs sufficient phosphorus. However, the element is scarce, not only today but also at the time of the origin of life. So where was there sufficient phosphorus four billion years ago for life to ...

We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

The origin of these microtubules has been unclear – until now. In a newly published article in external page Cell, the ETH researchers discovered related structures in Asgard archaea and describe ...