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Origins of Life

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3I/ATLAS Shows Growing Tail and Rapid Brightening as Evidence Favors a Natural Comet

NASA affirms a natural cometary origin ahead of a Mars flyby that will enable closer study.

Study Pinpoints Microbial Colonization of Finland’s Lappajärvi Impact Crater

NASA Study Points to Vesicle-Like Chemistry on Titan’s Lakes

Webb Reveals Butterfly Nebula’s Hidden Core and Planet-Building Dust

Bennu Samples Tie Asteroid Color Differences to Surface Exposure Age

OSIRIS-REx Samples Show Bennu’s Presolar Stardust, Interstellar Organics, and Faster-Than-Expected Weathering

First Synthesis of Methanetetrol Reveals Photodissociation Hurdles for Interstellar Detection

ISRO’s HOPE Mission Advances Isolation Tests in Ladakh

ALMA Confirms 17 Complex Organic Molecules in V883 Orionis Disk

ALMA Detects 17 Complex Organic Molecules in V883 Orionis Protoplanetary Disk

Complex Organic Molecules Confirmed in Planet-Forming Disk of V883 Orionis

Hubble Captures Coma of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as Experts Uphold Natural Origin

NASA Model Shows How Protocell Precursors Could Self-Assemble in Titan’s Hydrocarbon Lakes

Asteroid 2024 YR4 No Threat to Earth as Lunar Impact Chance Climbs

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Cleared of Earth Impact Risk, 4% Chance to Strike Moon in 2032

James Webb Telescope Confirms Crystalline Water Ice in Young Star System

NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Begins Historic Full-Sky Infrared Survey

Study Reveals Why Carbon-Rich Meteorites Rarely Reach Earth

NASA's SWOT Satellite Redefines Ocean Floor Mapping with Unprecedented Detail

Stanford Researchers Propose Microlightning as Key to Life’s Origins