Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river drainage systems. Water is the biosphere's lifeblood, and without it, Earth ...

Life in the deep biosphere is nothing short of miraculous. Temperatures can soar to over 120 degrees Celsius, crushing pressures build with every meter of depth, and oxygen is often scarce or ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

The deep-sea volcanoes beneath Earth’s oceans may offer vital clues in the search for alien life on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

In this episode, hosts Andrew Daniels and John Gilpatrick dive deep into the mysterious origins of all life on Earth—and the ...

The organization of life on Earth follows a simple, hidden rule known as “core-to-transition organization.” Hypothesized by ...