Fluctuations in ancient Earth’s environment might have propelled the chemical complexity that laid the foundation for life.

More than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals—inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure—have been found on Earth. They are formed of simple ...

“So we have a much higher confidence now that these chemical building blocks ... and are not contaminants from Earth.” Glavin’s team also found compounds rich in nitrogen and ammonia in ...

94 occur naturally on Earth, the rest can be made by nuclear ... chemically joined together. Compounds form in chemical reactions, and you need other chemical reactions to separate a compound ...

People have long scratched their heads trying to understand how life ever got going after the formation of Earth billions of ... recipe by creating a complex compound essential to all life ...

The self-proclaimed dealmaker says Washington should have access to Ukraine’s riches in exchange for wartime aid.

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...