The ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (500-428 BC) was the first person to hypothesize that the seeds of life are present ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the panspermia theory, which suggests life on Earth may have originated from space.

The Universe’s most abundant ice isn’t formless—it’s secretly laced with crystals. And that might change how we think about ...

Scientists studying space ice say the amorphous, low-density material's structure decreases the odds of a panspermia origin ...

Water frozen in the depths of space has long been considered a shapeless, frozen fog. For decades, scientists believed it ...

Space ice” contains tiny crystals and is not, as previously assumed, a completely disordered material like liquid water, ...

"Space ice" contains tiny crystals and is not a completely disordered material like liquid water, as previously assumed, ...

The idea that Earth might not be the birthplace of life is an intriguing one. Imagine if the very essence of life on our ...

The panspermia hypothesis suggests that life's building blocks are widespread throughout the cosmos and can travel between different areas in space. Literally meaning ‘seeds everywhere,’ the ...

Panspermia: A new avenue for detection The concept of panspermia suggests that life can begin on one planet and spread to others by catching rides on meteorites. This idea, while outside ...

Panspermia: A new avenue for detection The concept of panspermia suggests that life can begin on one planet and spread to others by catching rides on meteorites.

One that has prevailed since ancient Greece is panspermia. It was first posited by the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (500-428 BC), who coined the term and first articulated life’s potential to ...