New scientific theory based on ancient proteins suggests that genes did not arise as we believed and that life could have started elsewhere.

The traditional explanation of the initial genetic code in life seems less established when ancient proteins seem to be ...

The universe might have far more amino acids lying around than we realized, which gives life itself far more chances to begin.

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

Samples from the asteroid Bennu hint that some of life’s ingredients were forming long before Earth existed. NASA’s ...