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What Happens If Moon Disappears? Scientists Say Earth's Closest Neighbour Is Slowly Shrinking
Without the Moon, researchers say Earth could experience far more extreme climate shifts, unstable seasons and dramatically weaker tides - fundamentally altering life on the planet.
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Scientists Uncover "Ghost Genes" That Predate The Dawn Of Life
New research into "universal paralog" genes reveals that the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) was not the first spark of life, but a successor that inherited complex genetic tools from an even older, "pre-LUCA" ecological system.
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Study Finds How 'Fortunate' Earth Became Suitable For Life
The experts can use these findings in their search for life on exoplanets with similar chemical profiles.
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Scientists Believe Earth Was Purple 2.4 Billion Years Ago. Here's What It Means For Future
The Purple Earth Hypothesis has significant implications for the search for life on other planets.
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India Bets Big on Carbon Capture, Utilisation And Storage To Avoid EU Tax
Carbon is the elemental backbone of life on Earth and, increasingly, of our biggest climate challenge. The sixth element in the periodic table, carbon, forms the structure of every organic molecule - from DNA to proteins to fossil fuels.
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Sinking Calcium Carbonate Locked Away Greenhouse Gases, Reveals New Study
Scientists have solved a 66-million-year climate mystery, explaining how Earth cooled from a tropical greenhouse to an ice-capped world. New research reveals ocean calcium levels dropped by more than half, reshaping marine chemistry. As calcium declined, oceans locked away more carbon dioxide, lowering atmospheric CO2. The study links deep-Earth pr...
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Toxic Gas May Have Sparked Life on Earth Through Icy ‘Cobweb’ Crystals
Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology suggest that frozen hydrogen cyanide may have helped trigger the chemistry that led to life on Earth. Their simulations show HCN forming cobweb-like ice crystals whose reactive surfaces enable unusual chemical reactions even in extreme cold. These processes could generate amino acids, nucl...
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Atacama Desert: The Driest Place On Earth With Mars-Like Environment
Scientists have studied the driest regions of the Atacama Desert to understand whether life could exist on Mars
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Study Reveals Jupiter's Moon Europa May Lack Conditions To Support Life Despite Its Vast Hidden Ocean
NASA launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft in 2024 with the goal of investigating whether conditions favorable for life exist on Europa.
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New Experiments Suggest RNA Could Have Formed Naturally, Supporting ‘RNA World’ Origin of Life Theory
Experiments show RNA, a crucial molecule for life, could form naturally on early Earth with borates stabilising ribose and aiding phosphate production. Protoplanet impacts may have delivered RNA ingredients, supporting the RNA world hypothesis and suggesting life’s building blocks could emerge efficiently on Earth and potentially Mars.
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What Happens If Moon Disappears? Scientists Say Earth's Closest Neighbour Is Slowly Shrinking
Without the Moon, researchers say Earth could experience far more extreme climate shifts, unstable seasons and dramatically weaker tides - fundamentally altering life on the planet.
-
Scientists Uncover "Ghost Genes" That Predate The Dawn Of Life
New research into "universal paralog" genes reveals that the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) was not the first spark of life, but a successor that inherited complex genetic tools from an even older, "pre-LUCA" ecological system.
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Study Finds How 'Fortunate' Earth Became Suitable For Life
The experts can use these findings in their search for life on exoplanets with similar chemical profiles.
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Scientists Believe Earth Was Purple 2.4 Billion Years Ago. Here's What It Means For Future
The Purple Earth Hypothesis has significant implications for the search for life on other planets.
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India Bets Big on Carbon Capture, Utilisation And Storage To Avoid EU Tax
Carbon is the elemental backbone of life on Earth and, increasingly, of our biggest climate challenge. The sixth element in the periodic table, carbon, forms the structure of every organic molecule - from DNA to proteins to fossil fuels.
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Sinking Calcium Carbonate Locked Away Greenhouse Gases, Reveals New Study
Scientists have solved a 66-million-year climate mystery, explaining how Earth cooled from a tropical greenhouse to an ice-capped world. New research reveals ocean calcium levels dropped by more than half, reshaping marine chemistry. As calcium declined, oceans locked away more carbon dioxide, lowering atmospheric CO2. The study links deep-Earth pr...
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Toxic Gas May Have Sparked Life on Earth Through Icy ‘Cobweb’ Crystals
Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology suggest that frozen hydrogen cyanide may have helped trigger the chemistry that led to life on Earth. Their simulations show HCN forming cobweb-like ice crystals whose reactive surfaces enable unusual chemical reactions even in extreme cold. These processes could generate amino acids, nucl...
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Atacama Desert: The Driest Place On Earth With Mars-Like Environment
Scientists have studied the driest regions of the Atacama Desert to understand whether life could exist on Mars
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Study Reveals Jupiter's Moon Europa May Lack Conditions To Support Life Despite Its Vast Hidden Ocean
NASA launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft in 2024 with the goal of investigating whether conditions favorable for life exist on Europa.
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New Experiments Suggest RNA Could Have Formed Naturally, Supporting ‘RNA World’ Origin of Life Theory
Experiments show RNA, a crucial molecule for life, could form naturally on early Earth with borates stabilising ribose and aiding phosphate production. Protoplanet impacts may have delivered RNA ingredients, supporting the RNA world hypothesis and suggesting life’s building blocks could emerge efficiently on Earth and potentially Mars.
