Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

Scientists have discovered a so-called “super-Earth” planet, potentially capable of supporting life, orbiting a sun ... be completely convinced at that time if the signal was real or not.

The history of life on Earth began long after the planet's formation 4.6 billion years ... representing the first time such a ...

"Best of all," added the Mail, it lies just 19.7 light-years away from Earth ... with any life struggling to survive on a planet that spends so much time frozen. But even if life does not exist ...

someone who studies ancient living things and how planet Earth has evolved over millions of years. Dr Neil Clark, a real life palaeontologist, shows a range of fossils including colonial coral ...

The first molecules necessary for life on Earth could ... for life to start on this planet, says Zare. A radical new theory rewrites the story of how life on Earth began It has long been thought ...

Precambrian time covers the vast bulk of the Earth's history, starting with the planet's creation about 4.5 billion years ago and ending with the emergence of complex, multicelled life-forms ...

Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the universe where we know for certain that life exists. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago from a swirling cloud of gas and dust squished ...

Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life ... Over time, Earth's interior—which ...

The oceans were probably where Earth's most remarkable feature emerged: life. Our planet is still the only place where we know life has arisen. The large green patches spanning Earth's continents ...