Known to possess a vast and salty ocean, the icy world was unlikely to have a seabed capable of aiding life, as it lacked the ...

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace. Yet the age-old question remains unanswered: are we ...

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues that a good life is one that seeks to create order out of a natural state of chaos.

In a new book, astrophysicist Mario Livio describes how the existence of life on Earth can be traced back to an RNA-based “protocell.” The following is an excerpt from Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest ...

Jordi Paps does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

This is the second in a series of posts about my book, The Four Realms of Existence. Source: Harvard University Press/Used with permission The world we live in is filled with things that we ...

The origin of life on Earth poses a basic paradox: basic biochemicals like nucleotides and catalysts like proteins need each other to exist, but one must have come first. We may now have an answer, ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or two to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the universe.