For roughly 2 billion years of Earth's early history, the atmosphere contained no oxygen, the essential ingredient required ...

According to a new study, Earth’s atmosphere might have been more important for the origin of life story than we gave it ...

Earth's atmosphere might have contributed to the origin of life more than previously thought. In a study published in the ...

Sulfur sits at the heart of modern biology. It stabilizes proteins, helps enzymes do their work, and plays a central role in ...

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded ...

Using a highly sensitive mass spectrometer capable of detecting trace chemicals, the researchers discovered that their early Earth simulation created an entire collection of sulfur biomolecules. These ...

Abiotic chemistry in Earth’s atmosphere could have generated biologically important organosulfur molecules as life was ...

Earth’s atmosphere might have contributed to the origin of life more than previously thought. In a study published Dec. 1 in ...